CASA EX52/08 Exemption from take-off minima inside and outside Australian territory (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX52/08

I, MICHAEL DAVID QUINN, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed M.D. Quinn]

Mick Quinn
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Operations

28 July 2008

Exemption — from take-off minima inside and outside Australian territory

1          Duration

This instrument:

(a)   commences on 1 August 2008; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of July 2010.

2          Application

This instrument applies to Boeing 737 aeroplanes:

(a)   operated by Express Freighters Australia Pty Ltd under Air Operator’s Certificate number 503021 (the operator); and

(b)   in take-off operations inside and outside Australian territory; and

(c)   at aerodromes where the meteorological minima includes runway visibility range (RVR) of at least 300 metres along the runway at the touchdown zone and at the mid-point (or stop-end if mid-point visibility is not available).

3          Exemption

The aeroplanes are exempt from compliance with subregulation 257 (3) of CAR 1988 in relation to the standard take-off minima determined by CASA under subregulation 257 (1) of CAR 1988 and set out in AIP En Route 1.5, section 4.3.

Note   The standard meteorological minima were determined in instrument CASA 146/08.

4          Conditions

     The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1          Conditions

1     An aeroplane may take off with RVR:

(a)   if runway edge lighting (with light spacing of not more than 60 metres) is operating and either runway centreline lighting is operating or runway centreline markings are clearly visible — less than 500 metres but at least 400 metres; and

(b)   if runway edge lighting (with light spacing of not more than 60 metres) is operating and runway centreline lighting is operating — less than 400 metres but at least 300 metres.

2     Before conducting a take-off, each pilot must have successfully completed, in an approved flight simulator, a low visibility take-off training program approved by CASA.

3     The flight crew must have successfully completed, to approved operational and meteorological limits, a simulator competency check including a near V₁ engine failure (RTO) and a V₁ engine failure (continue).

4     The flight crew must demonstrate competency in low visibility operations:

(a)   if there are 2 or 3 sessions each year — at each recurrent training session; or

(b)   if there are 4 sessions each year — at each alternate recurrent training session.

5     At least once a year, competency must be demonstrated to a Category A or Category B check pilot.

6       A low visibility take-off may only be conducted:

(a)   in accordance with the operator’s operations manual; and

(b)   when air traffic control low visibility procedures are in place at the aerodrome.

7       The aeroplane must not take off from a runway that requires a turn of more than 15°, at either the runway head or below 200 feet, for all-engine or engine‑out take-offs, if RVR is less than 500 metres.

8       A copy of this exemption must be kept in the operator’s operations manual.

9     Take-off operations are subject to the requirement of the State of the aerodrome, if the State of the aerodrome requirements are more restrictive than the requirements of this instrument, the State of the aerodrome requirements prevail. If the requirements of the State of the aerodrome are less restrictive then the requirements in the instrument prevail.