Civil Aviation Order 108.26 Amendment Order (No. 1) 2007 (Cth)

I, SHANE PATRICK CARMODY, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 207 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed S. Carmody]

Shane Carmody
Acting Director of Aviation Safety and
    Chief Executive Officer

25 October 2007

Civil Aviation Order 108.26 Amendment Order (No. 1) 2007

1          Name of instrument

            This instrument is the Civil Aviation Order 108.26 Amendment Order (No. 1) 2007.

2          Commencement

            This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3          Amendment of Civil Aviation Order 108.26

        Schedule 1 amends Civil Aviation Order 108.26.

Schedule 1          Amendment

[1]        New paragraph 6.1A

after paragraph 6.1, insert

6.1A     In spite of paragraph 6.1, flight crew members may use nasal cannula manufactured under the name “Oxymizer”, subject to the following conditions:

(a)   the minimum flow of supplemental oxygen available for each flight crew member at various cabin pressure altitudes must not be less than 0.3 litre per minute at 10 000 feet altitude, increasing by 0.1 litre per minute for every 2 000 feet up to 18 000 feet altitude;

(b)   the flight crew members must use the nasal cannula only during private, aerial work, or charter, operations;

(c)   the aircraft must not operate above 18 000 feet altitude.