CASA EX73/09 – Exemption – from take-off minima inside and outside Australian territory (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX73/09

I, JOHN FRANCIS McCORMICK, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed John F. McCormick]

John F. McCormick
Director of Aviation Safety

25 September 2009

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

1           Duration

                This instrument:

(a)     commences on 1 October 2009; and

(b)     stops having effect at the end of 30 September 2011.

2           Application

                This instrument applies to Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aeroplanes:

(a)     operated by Jetstar Airways Pty Limited, Aviation Reference Number 510654 (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

Each aeroplane is 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)     less than 500 metres but at least 400 metres — 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; and

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

        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 recurrent training sessions each year — at each session; or

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

        5         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.

        6      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.

        7      In take-off operations outside Australian territory, the aeroplane must conform to the requirements of:

(a)     the State of the aerodrome if they are more restrictive than the requirements of this instrument; and

(b)     this instrument if they are more restrictive than the requirements of the State of the aerodrome.

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