CASA EX26/2002 Exemption from the requirements of paragraphs 218(1)(a) and (b) (Cth)

Instrument Number:  CASA EX26/2002

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988

CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988

EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS 218 (1) (a) AND (b)

I, ARTHUR JOHN WHITE, General Manager, Airline Operations, a delegate of CASA, under subregulation 218 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988), exempt

Australian Airlines Limited, Aviation Reference Number 582843,

from the requirements of paragraphs 218 (1) (a) and (b), subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 1.

SCHEDULE 1

CONDITIONS

1. Australian Airlines Limited (the operator) must include in its operations manual:

(a)criteria to assess the complexity of routes used by it in regular public transport operations;  and

(b)the methods that are to be used to instruct operating crews to qualify to fly on those routes (the route qualification process);  and

(c)the level of knowledge and understanding required for route qualification.

1. The route qualification process must include a scheme for the categorisation of aerodromes that:

(a)defines each category by reference to its level of complexity;  and

(b)specifies the level of knowledge and understanding required for each category when carrying out the route qualification process.

1. The required knowledge and understanding for a category of aerodrome must include:

(a)in the case of the least complex category:

(i)knowledge of generally available aeronautical information and documentation;  and

(ii)completion of instruction on the information and documentation that is sufficient to gain understanding of the requirements for operation to an aerodrome in that category;  and

(b)in the case of more complex categories — the knowledge and understanding referred to in paragraph (a), together with any additional information, documentation and instruction, including training, where necessary, in an aircraft or a synthetic flight trainer, that is required for operation to an aerodrome in that category.

1. A pilot must not act as pilot in command of any of the operator’s aircraft engaged in a regular public transport operation on a route unless the pilot:

(a)is considered by the operator to have successfully undergone the route qualification process for the route to be flown;  and

(b)has an adequate knowledge of those matters referred to in clauses 6 and 7;  and

(c)in accordance with clause 8, holds a current route qualification.

1. The operator must maintain records for each route that it uses for regular public transport operations, showing how any pilot that it intends to use as pilot in command on those operations satisfies the requirements of clause 4.

1. For the purposes of paragraph 4 (b), the pilot in command must have an adequate knowledge and understanding, in relation to the route to be used, of the following matters:

(a)the terrain;

(b)the seasonal meteorological conditions;

(c)the meteorological, communication and air traffic facilities, the airspace structure and air traffic services and procedures;

(d)the search and rescue procedures;

(e)the navigational facilities and procedures, including long-range navigation procedures, associated with the route.

1. For the purposes of paragraph 4 (b), the pilot in command must have an adequate knowledge and understanding, in relation to each aerodrome along the route at which it is planned to land during that operation, of the following matters:

(a)its physical characteristics;

(b)its layout;

(c)the aerodrome lighting;

(d)the obstacles;

(e)the approach aids;

(f)the arrival, departure, holding and instrument approach procedures;

(g)the applicable operating minima.

1. For a pilot to keep a route qualification current, he or she must, every 12 months after the initial route qualification:

(a)make at least one trip between the terminal points of the route as a member of the flight crew, or as a check pilot, or as an observer on the flight deck;  or

(b)if paragraph (a) is not complied with, successfully undergo the route qualification process.

1. For a route qualification to be current, a trip for the purposes of paragraph 8 (a) must include at least one approach into, or departure from, each aerodrome intended to be used on an operation as pilot in command.

[Signed Arthur J. White]

Arthur J White

General Manager

Airline Operations

14 October 2002