Part 133 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Rotorcraft) Manual of Standards 2020 (Cth)
Part 133 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Rotorcraft) Manual of Standards 2020
(as amended)
made under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
Compilation No. 1
Compilation date: 2 December 2021
Includes amendments up to: F2021L01688
Prepared by the Advisory and Drafting Branch, Legal, International and Regulatory Affairs Division, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra.
Contents
Chapter 1 — Preliminary 1
1.01 Name................................................................................................................................... 1
1.03 Authority............................................................................................................................. 1
1.04 Definitions and abbreviations.............................................................................................. 1
1.05 Meaning of medical transport operating site...................................................................... 4
1.06 References to ICAO documents.......................................................................................... 4
1.07 References to AS/NZS standards, TSOs, ETSOs etc.......................................................... 5
1.08 Applied, adopted or incorporated documents...................................................................... 5
Chapter 2 — Operational limitations 6
2.01 Permitted categories of rotorcraft......................................................................................... 6
2.02 Requirement, or limitation, in flight manual......................................................................... 6
Chapter 3 — Carriage of documents and information 7
Division 1—Flight-related documents 7
3.01 Carriage of documents......................................................................................................... 7
3.02 Carriage of documents—flights that begin, or end, outside Australian territory.................. 8
3.03 Keeping and updating documents etc................................................................................... 8
Division 2—Emergency and survival equipment 8
3.04 Information about emergency and survival equipment........................................................ 8
Chapter 4 — Operational flight plans 10
4.01 Pre-flight content of operational flight plan....................................................................... 10
4.02 End of flight information for operational flight plans........................................................ 11
Chapter 5 — Medical transport operations 12
Division 1—External load operation conducted during medical transport operation 12
5.01 Definitions for Division 1................................................................................................. 12
5.02 Purpose of sections 5.03 to 5.06....................................................................................... 12
5.03 Requirements generally..................................................................................................... 12
5.04 Pilot in command to consider risk etc................................................................................ 13
5.05 Ongoing risk-monitoring................................................................................................... 13
5.06 Compliance with, or approval under, Part 21 of CASR.................................................... 13
5.07 Operator’s exposition........................................................................................................ 13
Division 2—Minimum height rules for medical transport operation 14
5.08 Prescribed circumstances................................................................................................... 14
5.09 Purpose of sections 5.10 to 5.12....................................................................................... 14
5.10 Requirements for IFR flight, or VFR flight at night, during medical transport operation.. 14
5.11 Requirements for flight over populous area or public gathering........................................ 15
5.12 Requirements for flight other than over a populous area or public gathering..................... 16
Chapter 6 — Fuel requirements 17
6.01 Purpose of Chapter 6......................................................................................................... 17
6.02 Definitions for Chapter 6................................................................................................... 17
6.03 General requirements......................................................................................................... 19
6.04 Amounts of fuel to be carried on board for a flight........................................................... 20
6.05 Requirements for determining fuel before, and monitoring fuel during, flight................... 21
6.06 Procedures if fuel reaches specified amount...................................................................... 21
6.07 Operational variations—fuel calculations.......................................................................... 22
Chapter 7 — Safety briefings, instructions and demonstrations 24
7.01 Safety briefing card........................................................................................................... 24
7.02 Safety briefings, instructions, or demonstrations, before take-off..................................... 25
7.03 Safety instructions during flight........................................................................................ 27
Chapter 8 — Head-up display, enhanced vision system, synthetic vision system and NVIS 28
8.01 Requirements for use of head-up display, enhanced vision system or synthetic visions system 28
8.02 Requirements for use of NVIS.......................................................................................... 28
Chapter 9 — Wearing of seatbelt, safety harness or restraint strap etc. 29
9.01 Exemption......................................................................................................................... 29
9.02 Restraining of persons on a flight of a rotorcraft............................................................... 29
9.03 Fastening of seatbelt or shoulder harness — passengers................................................... 29
9.04 Wearing of safety harness and restraint strap, or restraining on stretcher etc. — medical transport operation 29
9.05 Wearing of safety harness and restraint strap — certain crew members............................ 31
Chapter 10 — Performance 33
Division 1—Preliminary 33
10.01 Definitions for Chapter 10............................................................................................... 33
10.02 Meaning of adequate vertical margin............................................................................. 35
10.03 Meaning of take‑off distance required – rotorcraft......................................................... 36
10.04 When a rotorcraft is flown in performance class 1......................................................... 36
10.05 When a rotorcraft is flown in performance class 2......................................................... 36
10.06 When a rotorcraft is flown in performance class 2 with exposure.................................. 37
10.07 When a rotorcraft is flown in performance class 3......................................................... 37
Division 2—Flight in performance class 1 or 2 or performance class 2 with exposure 37
10.08 Requirement to be a Category A rotorcraft...................................................................... 37
Division 3—Flight in performance class 2 with exposure 38
Subdivision 1—Preliminary 38
10.09 Definitions for Division 3............................................................................................... 38
Subdivision 2—Requirements to be complied with 38
10.10 Purpose of Subdivision 2................................................................................................ 38
10.11 Maximum permitted exposure time................................................................................. 38
10.12 Take-off weight limitations.............................................................................................. 39
10.13 Preventative maintenance................................................................................................. 39
10.14 Risk assessments............................................................................................................. 39
10.15 Flight manual and exposition........................................................................................... 40
10.16 Flight crew training and checking requirements.............................................................. 40
Subdivision 3—Information to be included in application for approval 40
10.17 Purpose of Subdivision 3................................................................................................ 40
10.18 Reliability and sudden power loss................................................................................... 40
10.19 Type certificate holder’s modification standard............................................................... 41
10.20 Preventative maintenance................................................................................................. 41
10.21 Risk assessment.............................................................................................................. 41
10.22 Usage monitoring system................................................................................................ 42
10.23 Flight manual and operator’s exposition........................................................................... 42
10.24 Flight crew training and checking.................................................................................... 42
10.25 Incident reporting............................................................................................................ 42
Division 4—Flight in performance class 3 43
10.26 Flight in performance class 3 over populous areas.......................................................... 43
Division 5—Rotorcraft performance — exposition — procedures for stages of flight 43
10.27 Exposition procedures for operations — rotorcraft flown in performance class 1........... 43
10.28 Exposition procedures for operations — rotorcraft flown in performance class 2 or performance class 2 with exposure....................................................................................................................................... 44
10.29 Exposition procedures for operations — rotorcraft flown in performance class 3........... 45
10.30 Exposition procedures for operations — general............................................................. 46
Division 6—Rotorcraft performance — pre‑flight 46
10.31 Pre‑flight determination of performance.......................................................................... 46
10.32 Pre‑flight identification of relevant obstacles................................................................... 46
Division 7—Rotorcraft performance — performance class 1 50
10.33 Performance class 1 — take‑off...................................................................................... 50
10.34 Performance class 1 — take‑off and initial climb............................................................ 51
10.35 Performance class 1 — en route...................................................................................... 51
10.36 Performance class 1 — approach and landing, or baulked landing.................................. 52
Division 8—Rotorcraft performance — performance class 2 53
10.37 Performance class 2 — take‑off...................................................................................... 53
10.38 Performance class 2 — take‑off and initial climb............................................................ 54
10.39 Performance class 2 — en route...................................................................................... 54
10.40 Performance class 2 — approach and landing, or baulked landing.................................. 54
Division 9—Rotorcraft performance — performance class 3 55
10.41 Performance class 3 — take‑off...................................................................................... 55
10.42 Performance class 3 — take‑off and initial climb............................................................ 56
10.43 Performance class 3 — en route...................................................................................... 56
10.44 Performance class 3 — approach and landing, or baulked landing.................................. 57
Chapter 11 — Equipment 58
Division 1—General 58
11.01 Purpose of Chapter 11 etc............................................................................................... 58
Division 2—Approvals, visibility and inoperability 58
11.02 Approval of rotorcraft equipment.................................................................................... 58
11.03 Visibility and accessibility of equipment......................................................................... 59
11.04Serviceability of equipment............................................................................................ 59
Division 3—Flight instruments 60
11.05 Day VFR flight instrument requirements........................................................................ 60
11.06 Night VFR flight instrument requirements...................................................................... 61
11.07 IFR flight instruments..................................................................................................... 63
Division 4—Operational equipment 65
11.08 Radiocommunication systems......................................................................................... 65
11.09 Navigation equipment...................................................................................................... 66
11.10 Automatic pilot................................................................................................................ 67
11.11 Survival equipment.......................................................................................................... 68
Division 5—Lighting systems 68
11.12 Cockpit, and cabin, lighting requirements........................................................................ 68
11.13 Anti-collision lights......................................................................................................... 69
11.14 Landing lights.................................................................................................................. 69
11.15 Navigation lights............................................................................................................. 69
Division 6—Alerting and warning system requirements 70
11.16 Altitude alerting equipment and assigned altitude indicator............................................. 70
11.17 Rotorcraft flown with inoperative altitude alerting equipment or assigned altitude indicator....... 70
11.18 Terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS)............................................................ 70
11.19 Flight with inoperative TAWS equipment....................................................................... 71
11.20 Airborne weather radar equipment.................................................................................. 71
11.21 Flight with inoperative airborne weather radar equipment............................................... 71
Division 7—Flight recorders 71
11.22 Definitions for Division 7............................................................................................... 71
11.23 Flight data recorder.......................................................................................................... 72
11.24 Cockpit voice recorder..................................................................................................... 72
11.25 Combination recorders..................................................................................................... 72
11.26 FDR, CVR and combination recorder technical requirements......................................... 72
11.27 Use of FDR, CVR and combination recorders................................................................ 73
11.28 Flight with an inoperative FDR, CVR or combination recorder...................................... 74
11.29 Data link recorder............................................................................................................ 74
Division 8—Rotorcraft interior communication systems 74
11.30 Flight crew intercommunication system.......................................................................... 74
11.31 Crew interphone system.................................................................................................. 75
11.32 Public address system..................................................................................................... 75
Division 9—Oxygen equipment and oxygen supplies 76
11.33 Definitions for Division 9............................................................................................... 76
11.34 Supplemental oxygen — pressurised rotorcraft............................................................... 76
11.35 Supplemental oxygen — unpressurised rotorcraft........................................................... 77
11.36 Oxygen mask — pressurised rotorcraft........................................................................... 78
11.37 Oxygen dispensing units for passengers in a pressurised rotorcraft................................ 79
11.38 Protective breathing equipment — flight crew members................................................. 79
11.39 Portable protective breathing equipment.......................................................................... 80
11.40 First aid oxygen equipment — pressurised rotorcraft...................................................... 80
Division 10—Emergency locator transmitters 81
11.41 Carriage of ELTs............................................................................................................. 81
11.42 ELT — basic technical requirements............................................................................... 82
11.43 Requirements to be classed as an automatic ELT............................................................. 83
11.44 Requirements to be classed as a survival ELT................................................................. 83
11.45 Transitional requirements for ELTs................................................................................. 83
Division 11—Portable emergency equipment 84
11.46 Hand-held fire extinguishers........................................................................................... 84
11.47 First-aid kits.................................................................................................................... 84
Division 12—Equipment for flights over water 85
11.48 Sea anchors etc. and sound signals — certain rotorcraft.................................................. 85
11.49 Life jackets and infant flotation cots................................................................................ 85
11.50 Life raft carriage requirements......................................................................................... 86
11.51 Emergency flotation equipment....................................................................................... 87
Division 13—Transponders and surveillance equipment 88
11.52 Definitions for Division 13............................................................................................. 88
11.53 Carriage of transponders and surveillance equipment...................................................... 91
11.54 Operation of transponders — general requirements........................................................ 92
11.55 Mode S transponders — specific requirements............................................................... 93
11.56 Alternate GNSS position source for ADS-B OUT — requirements............................... 95
11.57 Alternate ADS-B OUT equipment configuration — requirements.................................. 95
11.58 Rotorcraft flown with inoperative transponder................................................................ 96
Division 14—Night vision imaging systems 96
Chapter 12 — Flight crew member training and checking 97
Division 1—Preliminary 97
12.01 Definitions for Chapter 12............................................................................................... 97
Division 2—Flight crew member training and checking events 97
12.02 Purpose of Division 2..................................................................................................... 97
12.03 Training and checking requirements................................................................................ 97
12.04 General emergency training............................................................................................. 98
12.05 Conversion training and flight crew member proficiency check...................................... 98
12.06 Line training and flight crew member line check............................................................. 98
12.07 Differences training......................................................................................................... 99
12.08 Recurrent training and checking...................................................................................... 99
12.09 Remedial training........................................................................................................... 100
Division 3—Individuals who conduct training and checking 101
12.10 Purpose of Division 3................................................................................................... 101
12.11 Requirements for individual conducting training and checking..................................... 101
12.12 CASA may test nominated individual........................................................................... 101
Division 4—Use of available approved flight simulator 102
12.13 Use of available approved flight simulator for training or checking etc......................... 102
Division 5—Command training for pilot in command 103
12.14 Command training requirements.................................................................................... 103
Division 6—Pilot in command in non-command seat 104
12.15 Non-command seat proficiency check requirements...................................................... 104
Chapter 13 — Cabin crew member training and checking 105
13.01 Prescribed circumstances and number........................................................................... 105
13.02 Training and checking requirements.............................................................................. 105
13.03 Who may conduct training and checking etc.................................................................. 105
Chapter 14 — Air crew member training and checking 106
Division 1—Preliminary 106
14.01 Definitions for Chapter 14............................................................................................. 106
Division 2—Air crew member training and checking events 106
14.02 Purpose of Division 2................................................................................................... 106
14.03 Training and checking requirements.............................................................................. 106
14.04 General emergency training........................................................................................... 107
14.05 Conversion training and air crew member proficiency check........................................ 107
14.06 Line training and air crew member line check................................................................ 107
14.07 Differences training....................................................................................................... 108
14.08 Recurrent training and checking.................................................................................... 108
14.09 Remedial training........................................................................................................... 109
Division 3—Individuals who conduct training and checking 109
14.10 Application of Division 3.............................................................................................. 109
14.11 Requirements for individual conducting training and checking..................................... 109
14.12 CASA may test nominated individual........................................................................... 110
Chapter 15 — Medical transport specialist training and checking 111
Division 1—Preliminary 111
15.01 Definitions for Chapter 15............................................................................................. 111
Division 2—Medical transport specialist training and checking events 111
15.02 Purpose of Division 2................................................................................................... 111
15.03 Training and checking requirements.............................................................................. 111
15.04 General emergency training........................................................................................... 112
15.05 Conversion training and medical transport specialist proficiency check........................ 112
15.06 Line training and medical transport specialist line check................................................ 112
15.07 Differences training....................................................................................................... 113
15.08 Recurrent training and checking.................................................................................... 113
15.09 Remedial training........................................................................................................... 114
Division 3—Individuals who conduct training and checking 114
15.10 Application of Division 3.............................................................................................. 114
15.11 Requirements for individual conducting training and checking..................................... 115
15.12 CASA may test nominated individual........................................................................... 115
Notes to Part 133 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Rotorcraft) Manual of Standards 2020................ 116
Chapter 1 — Preliminary
1.01 Name
(1) This instrument is the Part 133 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Rotorcraft) Manual of Standards 2020.
(2) This instrument may be cited as the Part 133 Manual of Standards.
(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, references in this instrument to “this Manual of Standards”, “this MOS” or “this instrument” are references to the Part133 Manual of Standards.
1.03 Authority
This instrument is made under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
Note: Regulation 133.020 of CASR provides a general power for CASA to issue a Manual of Standards for the purposes of Part 133 of CASR (Australian air transport operations — rotorcraft).
1.04 Definitions and abbreviations
Note: Some expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the
Civil Aviation Act 1988, the Dictionary of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 or subregulation 2(1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.
(1) In this instrument, a reference to a class of airspace means the volumes of airspace of that class, as determined by CASA in or under the Determination of Airspace and Controlled Aerodromes Etc. (Designated Airspace Handbook) Instrument, as in force from time to time.
Note: The Determination of Airspace and Controlled Aerodromes Etc. (Designated Airspace Handbook) Instrument is a legislative instrument that is revised and reissued by CASA approximately every 6 months. Airspace details from the Determination in force at any particular time are also published by Airservices Australia in the Designated Airspace Handbook available free online at (2) In this instrument:
alternate aerodrome has the same meaning as in Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention.
Note: At the commencement of this instrument, Chapter 1 of Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention included the following definition:
“Alternate aerodrome. An aerodrome to which an aircraft may proceed when it becomes either impossible or inadvisable to proceed to or to land at an aerodrome of intended landing where the necessary services and facilities are available, where aircraft performance requirements can be met and which is operational at the expected time of use. Alternate aerodromes include the following:
Take‑off alternate. An alternate aerodrome at which an aircraft would be able to land should this become necessary shortly after take‑off and it is not possible to use the aerodrome of departure.
En‑route alternate. An alternate aerodrome at which an aircraft would be able to land in the event that a diversion becomes necessary while en route.
Destination alternate. An alternate aerodrome at which an aircraft would be able to land should it become either impossible or inadvisable to land at the aerodrome of intended landing.”
APU means auxiliary power unit.
ATC means air traffic control.
ATS means Air Traffic Services.
Note: The term Air Traffic Services is defined in the Dictionary.
automatic ELT: see section 11.43.
avoid area of the HV envelope, of a rotorcraft, means the area delineated on the height-velocity envelope diagram in the rotorcraft’s flight manual that shows the parameters within which operations of the rotorcraft should be avoided.
destination alternate aerodrome means an alternate aerodrome that is a destination alternate (within the meaning of Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention).
ELT: see section 11.42.
en route alternate aerodrome means an alternate aerodrome that is an en-route alternate (within the meaning of Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention).
(E)TSO means ETSO or TSO.
final approach and take-off area, for a rotorcraft at an aerodrome, means the area of the aerodrome:
(a) from which a take-off of the rotorcraft is commenced; or
(b) over which the final phase of approach to hover is completed by the rotorcraft.
GNSS means global navigation satellite system.
headset includes a flying helmet that incorporates a headset.
landing performance requirements, for a rotorcraft, means the landing performance requirements for the rotorcraft stated in its flight manual.
LSALT means lowest safe altitude.
minimum flight altitude, for a point on the route, or a route segment, of a flight of a rotorcraft, means:
(a) for an IFR flight, or VFR flight at night:
(i) the published LSALT for the route or route segment; or
(ii) if subparagraph (i) does not apply — the LSALT for the route or route segment; or
(b) for a VFR flight at night, when not using the LSALT determined under paragraph (a) — 1 000 ft above the highest feature or obstacle on the ground or water within 10 nautical miles ahead, and to either side, of the rotorcraft at that point; or
(c) for a VFR flight by day over a populous area — 1 000 ft above the highest feature or obstacle within a horizontal radius of 300 m of that point on the ground or water immediately below the rotorcraft; or
(d) for a VFR flight by day, other than over a populous area — 500 ft above the highest feature or obstacle within a horizontal radius of 300 m of that point on the ground or water immediately below the rotorcraft.
MTOW means maximum take-off weight.
NAA means national aviation authority.
NVIS means night vision imaging system.
operative, for anything, means the thing is not inoperative.
Note: The term inoperative is defined in the Dictionary.
passenger list, for a flight, means a passenger list for the flight, or other document, stating the information stated in subregulation 133.080(2) of CASR.
performance class 1: see section 10.01.
performance class 2: see section 10.01.
performance class 2 with exposure: see section 10.01.
performance class 3: see section 10.01.
recognised foreign State means any of the following foreign States, or another foreign State approved for this instrument:
(a) Canada;
(b) Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China);
(c) New Zealand;
(d) United States of America;
(e) United Kingdom;
(f) the following European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) member States:
(i) Belgium;
(ii) Czech Republic;
(iii) Denmark;
(iv) Finland;
(v) France;
(vi) Germany;
(vii) Ireland;
(viii) Italy;
(ix) Netherlands;
(x) Norway;
(xi) Portugal;
(xii) Spain;
(xiii) Sweden;
(xiv) Switzerland.
survival ELT: see section 11.44.
1.05 Meaning of medical transport operating site
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a medical transport operating site, for a rotorcraft, is a site:
(a) at which a take-off or landing of the rotorcraft is, or is to be, conducted as part of a medical transport operation; or
(b) over which the rotorcraft is required to operate to conduct a medical transport operation.
(2) Amedical transport operating site, for a rotorcraft, does not include a place that meets the requirements stated in subregulation 91.410(2) of CASR.
(3) Despite subsection (2), a place mentioned in subparagraph 91.410(2)(a)(iv) of CASR is a medical transport operating site if the pilot in command of the rotorcraft determines the place is a medical transport operating site, after:
(a) following any procedures mentioned in the rotorcraft operator’s exposition under regulation 133.170 of CASR that relate to managing the safety of operations to an unfamiliar aerodrome; and
(b) conducting a risk assessment of the medical transport operation for the place.
1.06References to ICAO documents
(1) In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to an ICAO document, however described, is a reference to the document as in force or existing from time to time.
(2) In this instrument, a reference to a numbered ICAO Annex is a reference to the Annex of that number, as in force or existing from time to time, and as included in the Chicago Convention.
(3) In this instrument, a reference to a numbered ICAO Manual is a reference to the Manual of that number, or later version, as in force or existing from time to time and issued by ICAO.
(4) In this instrument, a reference to a numbered ICAO Circular is a reference to the Circular of that number, or later version, as in force or existing from time to time and issued by ICAO.
(5) If a provision of this instrument refers to an ICAO document, then, unless the contrary intention appears, the document, as in force or existing from time to time, is taken to be applied, adopted or incorporated by, into or for this instrument, as the case requires.
Note 1: Relevant ICAO documents for this MOS may be accessed by navigating from the following link: A reference to an ICAO document, including an ICAO Annex, which only occurs in a Note to a provision does not have the effect that the document is taken to be applied, adopted or incorporated for this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears. Such references in Notes are to documents that may be used as guidance or background information.
1.07 References to AS/NZS standards, TSOs, ETSOs etc.
(1) In this instrument, unless a contrary intention appears, a reference to a particular AS/NZS standard is a reference to the particular joint Australian and New Zealand Standard, as in force or existing from time to time.
Note: For example, the joint Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2004, Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles.
(2) In this instrument, unless a contrary intention appears, a reference to a particular TSO is a reference to that TSO or a later version of that TSO.
(3) In this instrument, unless a contrary intention appears, a reference to a particular ETSO is a reference to that ETSO or a later version of that ETSO.
Note 1: The first version of a TSO may have been issued with, or without, the notation “(0)” at the end (for example only, the citations of TSO-C129 and TSO-129(0) would refer to the same document). Therefore, for first version TSOs, either form is an acceptable citation.
Note 2: TSO later versions are identified by an alphabetical letter (for example only, TSO- C129 (or TSO-C129(0) versus TSO-C129a). Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to (for example only) TSO-C129 (or TSO-C129(0)) means that version or a later version. A reference to TSO-C129a means that version or a later version, but not the earlier version, unless a contrary intention appears.
1.08 Applied, adopted or incorporated documents
In this instrument, a reference in a provision to a document that is applied, adopted or incorporated for the purposes of the provision is a reference to the document as it exists or is in force from time to time, unless the contrary intention is expressly stated by the reference being to a specifically dated version of the document.
Chapter 2 — Operational limitations
2.01 Permitted categories of rotorcraft
RESERVED
2.02 Requirement, or limitation, in flight manual
(1) For paragraph 133.030(2)(a) of CASR, each of the following circumstances are prescribed:
(a) a rotorcraft is conducting a medical transport operation at a medical transport operating site, and the rotorcraft’s operator has risk-assessed the operation and found the site to be a suitable place to operate the rotorcraft safely;
(b) a rotorcraft is conducting an external load operation, during a medical transport operation, involving winching a person or load, and the rotorcraft’s operator has applied the risk assessment and management processes stated in the operator’s exposition to the external load operation;
(c) a rotorcraft is being flown in performance class 2 with exposure during the take-off stage, or approach and landing, or baulked landing stage, of a flight.
(2) For paragraph 133.030(2)(b) of CASR, the kind of requirement or limitation that is prescribed is a limitation stated in the rotorcraft’s flight manual that restricts the operation of the rotorcraft, by its pilot in command, inside the rotorcraft’s avoid area of the HV envelope.
(3) In this section:
winching means the pick-up, or lowering, of an object or person to, or from, the rotorcraft by means of a winch or hoist fitted to the rotorcraft.
Chapter 3 — Carriage of documents and information
Division 1—Flight-related documents
3.01 Carriage of documents
(1) For paragraph 133.055(1)(a) of CASR, the following documents are prescribed:
(a) the rotorcraft’s aircraft flight manual instructions;
(b) either:
(i) the rotorcraft’s flight technical log; or
(ii) if Part 42 of CASR does not apply to the rotorcraft — the maintenance release for the rotorcraft;
(c) if there is required to be a minimum equipment list for the rotorcraft under regulation 133.035 of CASR — the rotorcraft’s minimum equipment list;
(d) if an operational flight plan for the flight is required under regulation 133.135 of CASR — the operational flight plan for the flight;
(e) the journey log for the flight;
(f) the authorised aeronautical information for the flight;
(g) the weight and balance documents for the flight.
Note 1: These documents are in addition to documents that are required to be carried on the rotorcraft, as stated in subregulations 133.055(2) and (3), and regulation 133.065, of CASR.
Note 2: Other documents may also be required to be carried on the rotorcraft under other legislation. For example, documentation relating to the carriage of dangerous goods under Part 92 of CASR, or documentation relating to aircraft disinsection requirements and procedures under the Biosecurity Act 2015.
(2) Despite paragraph (1)(a), if:
(a) the information and instructions that are required under the relevant airworthiness standards for the rotorcraft to be included in the rotorcraft’s flight manual are contained in another document; and
(b) the other document is carried on board the rotorcraft; and
(c) that document does not alter, or contain anything that would conflict with, the information, or instructions, mentioned in paragraph (a);
the document may be carried on board the rotorcraft in place of the flight manual.
Note: An exposition that meets the requirements in subsection (2) could be carried on board instead of the flight manual.
(3) Also, despite paragraph (1)(a), if:
(a) a checklist of the rotorcraft’s normal, abnormal and emergency procedures mentioned in paragraph (b) of the definition of aircraft flight manual instructions in the Dictionary is contained in another document; and
(b) the other document is carried on board the rotorcraft; and
(c) that document does not alter, or contain anything that would conflict with, the information or instructions in the checklist;
then the document may be carried on board the rotorcraft in place of the checklist.
3.02 Carriage of documents—flights that begin, or end, outside Australian territory
For paragraph 133.065(3)(a) of CASR, the following documents are prescribed:
(a) the rotorcraft’s certificate of airworthiness and certificate of registration;
(b) if the rotorcraft has a radio station licence — a copy of the licence;
(c) if the flight is a passenger transport operation or medical transport operation — a document containing the information required by regulation 133.080 of CASR (Passenger lists);
(d) if the rotorcraft is carrying cargo, other than passenger baggage:
(i) a manifest and detailed declaration of the cargo; and
(ii) a statement about whether any of the cargo may require special, or unusual, handling;
(e) a certified true copy of the operator’s Australian air transport AOC;
(f) a copy of the operations specifications issued to the operator in relation to the operator’s Australian air transport AOC.
Note 1: These documents are in addition to documents that are required to be carried on the rotorcraft, as stated in regulation 133.055 of CASR.
Note 2: For paragraph (b): see the definition of radio station licence in the Dictionary.
3.03 Keeping and updating documents etc.
For paragraph 133.070(a) of CASR, if the flight is a passenger transport operation, a copy of the passenger list for the flight is prescribed.
Division 2—Emergency and survival equipment
3.04 Information about emergency and survival equipment
For subregulation 133.105(1) of CASR, if equipment listed in column 1 of an item of the Table 3.04 is required to be carried for the flight under the civil aviation legislation, the information mentioned in column 2 of the item is prescribed for the equipment.
| Table 3.04—Information about emergency and survival equipment | ||
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Equipment | Information | |
| 1 | A life raft | The number, colour and type of each life raft carried on the rotorcraft |
| 2 | A signalling device | The number, colour and each type of signalling device carried on the rotorcraft |
| 3 | A first-aid kit | Details of the emergency medical supplies in the first-aid kit |
| 4 | A survival ELT | The type and frequency of each survival ELT carried on the rotorcraft |
| 5 | Water supplies carried as an item of survival equipment | Details of water supplies carried on the rotorcraft |
Chapter 4 — Operational flight plans
4.01 Pre-flight content of operational flight plan
(1) This section prescribes the information for paragraph 133.135(2)(b) of CASR.
General information requirements
(2) The operational flight plan must include the following information:
(a) the rotorcraft’s registration mark;
(b) the flight number of the flight, if any;
(c) the date of the flight;
(d) the name, or identification, of the departure aerodrome, and planned destination aerodrome, for the flight;
(e) whether the flight is planned, whether in whole or part, to be a VFR flight at night, an IFR flight or both;
(f) the amount of fuel required to be carried on board the rotorcraft for the flight under regulation 133.190 of CASR, and the actual amount of fuel carried on board the rotorcraft for the flight;
(g) for the planned flight route for the flight:
(i) the route and route segments of the flight, including waypoints, distances and tracks; and
(ii) for a VFR flight at night or IFR flight — the published LSALT, or LSALT, for the flight (whichever is applicable), for each route segment of the flight; and
(iii) the planned cruising speed, and flying times between waypoints, for the flight; and
(iv) the planned altitudes or flight levels during the flight.
Information about alternate aerodromes
(3) If a destination alternate aerodrome is required for the flight, the operational flight plan must include details of the destination alternate aerodrome, and the routes, or route segments, required for the flight to the destination alternate aerodrome, unless:
(a) there is a last-minute change:
(i) to the destination alternate aerodrome required for the flight; or
(ii) requiring a destination alternate aerodrome to be planned for the flight; and
(b) it is not reasonably practicable in the circumstances to update the flight plan to include either or both matters; and
(c) in the case where the information identifying the destination alternate aerodrome is not included — there are procedures in the rotorcraft operator’s exposition to ensure the pilot in command is notified of the details of the destination alternate aerodrome before the rotorcraft takes-off for the flight.
4.02 End of flight information for operational flight plans
For paragraph 133.135(3)(a) of CASR, the following information is prescribed:
(a) if waypoints detailed in the flight plan are required, under regulation 91.630 of CASR, to be reported to ATS — the estimated time the rotorcraft flew over each waypoint;
(b) the fuel calculations made in compliance with the fuel requirements under Chapter 6;
(c) the aerodrome of final landing for the flight.
Chapter 5 — Medical transport operations
Division 1—External load operation conducted during medical transport operation
5.01 Definitions for Division 1
In this Division:
external load operation includes a series of external load operations carried out at a site.
risk considerations, for an external load operation, means the following considerations:
(a) the potential for exposure of other persons, or property, to injury or damage because of the operation;
(b) the potential for exposure of any flight crew member, air crew member, or medical transport specialist, for the flight, or medical patient on the flight, to injury because of the operation;
(c) the nature of the operation, and its characteristics;
(d) the nature of the location of the operation, and its characteristics;
(e) the nature of the rotorcraft to be used in the operation, its characteristics, and its performance class capabilities, if applicable;
(f) the nature and extent of the qualifications and experience of the flight crew members, air crew members, and medical transport specialists, for the flight;
(g) the hazards, external to the rotorcraft, which may be encountered during the operation.
safe risk strategies, for an external load operation, means risk and hazard elimination, reduction, or mitigation, strategies for the operation.
5.02 Purpose of sections 5.03 to 5.06
Sections 5.03 to 5.06 prescribe requirements for paragraph 133.295(1)(b) of CASR in relation to an external load operation, conducted during a medical transport operation, involving winching a person.
5.03 Requirements generally
(1) The rotorcraft must have a performance capability that allows it, with 1 engine inoperative from 300 ft above the site, to carry out a positive climb of at least 150 ft per minute at 1 000 ft above the medical transport operating site for the external load operation, and clear any obstacles in the flight path until it reaches the minimum flight altitude for a point on the route for the flight.
(2) During the flight, the person must be carried outside the rotorcraft only for the minimum time necessary to achieve the operation’s objective.
(3) The operation must meet the risk assessment requirements stated in this Division.
5.04 Pilot in command to consider risk etc.
(1) Before and during the external load operation, the pilot in command must identify, and consider, the risks of the operation, having regard to the risk considerations.
(2) Risks must be considered in the context of the nature, size and complexity of the operation, and reasonably satisfy the pilot in command that the operation:
(a) is within the capability of the rotorcraft; and
(b) does not involve an unacceptable level of risk, as specified in the operator’s exposition.
(3) As a result of identified risks, the pilot in command must develop appropriate safe risk strategies for the operation.
5.05 Ongoing risk-monitoring
The pilot in command must, during the external load operation:
(a) actively monitor the hazards and risks relevant to the operation; and
(b) identify the following:
(i) any new operationally-relevant information;
(ii) any changed considerations, assessments or circumstances arising during the operation;
(iii) any unforeseen matters arising during the operation;
(iv) any new, or emerging, hazards and risks relevant to the operation, identified by the pilot in command, or that the pilot in command has been informed of by another crew member for the flight; and
(c) after liaising with the other crew members for the flight, modify the safe risk strategies for the operation, if necessary, to take account of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b); and
(d) as part of the ongoing risk-monitoring carried out by the pilot in command under paragraphs (a) to (c), determine whether the operation is safe to continue.
5.06 Compliance with, or approval under, Part 21 of CASR
The external load equipment, fittings, lines, safety harnesses, restraint straps and rescue harnesses must meet the requirements of, or be approved under, Part 21 of CASR.
5.07 Operator’s exposition
(1) This section applies to an external operation, conducted during a medical transport operation, involving winching a person.
(2) For paragraph 119.205(1)(h) of CASR, the rotorcraft operator’s exposition must state the following:
(a) procedures to ensure the safe conduct of the operation;
(b) the processes to be followed by the pilot in command in complying with the requirements, for the operation, stated in sections 5.04 and 5.05;
(c) procedures to ensure the flight crew members, air crew members, and any medical transport specialists, for the flight, are familiar with the risks considered, and safe risk strategies developed, for the operation, under sections 5.04 and 5.05.
Division 2—Minimum height rules for medical transport operation
5.08 Prescribed circumstances
The circumstances prescribed for paragraph 133.167(a) of CASR are the circumstances stated in subregulation 91.265(4), 91.267(3), 91.277(3), or 91.305(3), of CASR, as the case requires.
5.09 Purpose of sections 5.10 to 5.12
Sections 5.10 to 5.12 prescribe requirements for paragraph 133.167(b) of CASR.
5.10 Requirements for IFR flight, or VFR flight at night, during medical transport operation
(1) This section applies to the pilot in command of a rotorcraft that is flown as an IFR flight, or VFR flight at night, during a medical transport operation.
(2) The minimum height rules stated in subregulation 91.277(2), or 91.305(2), of CASR, as the case requires, do not apply to the flight if the requirements stated in this section are complied with.
(3) For subsection (2), the requirements are the following:
(a) the rotorcraft must be operated in VMC;
(b) subject to paragraph (g), only essential crew members may be carried;
(c) before descent, the pilot in command must be satisfied that the area in which the rotorcraft is to operate is clear of obstructions and obstacles that may endanger the rotorcraft;
(d) if conditions below VMC are encountered, the rotorcraft must immediately commence a climb to resume operations above the minimum height;
(e) other than at a medical transport operating site — the rotorcraft must be operated in performance class 2 with exposure or a higher performance class;
(f) at a medical transport operating site:
(i) the rotorcraft’s operator must ensure risk consideration, risk monitoring, and risk management, procedures for such operations are stated in the operator’s exposition; and
(ii) the operator and the pilot in command must ensure the procedures are followed for the operation;
(g) a medical patient, or a person who is one of the medical personnel, on the flight may only be carried below the minimum height:
(i) for the time necessary for the rotorcraft to descend below, or climb away from below, the minimum height at a location where the purpose of the operation is to disembark, or embark, the patient or person; or
(ii) for medical reasons if the pilot in command is satisfied it is operationally safe to do so;
(h) the flight below the minimum height must:
(i) be essential for conducting the operation; and
(ii) be planned to minimise the time the rotorcraft is unable to achieve a suitable forced landing, or safe continuation of flight, if an engine failure occurs; and
(iii) not create a hazard to other persons not involved in the operation;
(i) for night operations — the rotorcraft must be operated using NVIS with an NVIS-qualified crew, in accordance with Civil Aviation Order 82.6 and Part 61 of CASR.
5.11 Requirements for flight over populous area or public gathering
(1) Without limiting the other provisions in this Division, this section applies to the operator, and pilot in command, of a rotorcraft that is flown, during a medical transport operation, over a populous area or public gathering.
(2) The minimum height rules stated in paragraph 91.265(3)(a) of CASR do not apply to the flight if the requirements stated in this section are complied with.
(3) For subsection (2), the requirements are the following:
(a) there must be a pre-flight risk assessment, or, for an urgent medical transport operation, an in-flight risk assessment, for the operation;
(b) the flight must be conducted in VMC and, if the operation is conducted at night, the pilot in command must use NVIS if the pilot in command is qualified to use NVIS and it is safe to do so;
(c) the rotorcraft must be operated so that it does not create a hazard to a person, or property, on the ground or water under the rotorcraft’s flight path in the event of an engine failure or other emergency;
(d) the rotorcraft must be flown in performance class 2 with exposure or a higher performance class, other than at a medical transport operating site;
(e) if the flight involves an external load operation, conducted during a medical transport operation, involving winching a person or load, and the rotorcraft cannot be operated in performance class 2 with exposure or a higher performance class — the rotorcraft must only be flown over an area where a forced landing area is available, which, if used for a forced landing, will not create a hazard to a person, or property, on the ground or water under the rotorcraft’s flight path.
(4) For paragraph 3(a), the risk assessment must be appropriate to the nature, size and complexity of the operation, and confirm the operation can be conducted safely and is within the capability of the operator’s operation.
5.12 Requirements for flight other than over a populous area or public gathering
(1) Without limiting the other provisions in this Division, this section applies to the operator, and pilot in command, of a rotorcraft that is flown, during a medical transport operation, other than over a populous area or public gathering.
(2) The minimum height rules stated in paragraph 91.267(2)(a) of CASR do not apply to the flight if the requirements stated in this section are complied with.
(3) For subsection (2), there must be a pre-flight risk assessment, or, for an urgent medical transport operation, an in-flight risk assessment, for the operation.
(4) For subsection (3), the risk assessment must be appropriate to the nature, size and complexity of the operation, and confirm the operation can be conducted safely and is within the capability of the operator’s operation.
(5) Also, for subsection (2), the rotorcraft must be operated so that it does not create a hazard to a person, or property, on the ground or water under the rotorcraft’s flight path in the event of an engine failure or other emergency.
Chapter 6 — Fuel requirements
6.01 Purpose of Chapter 6
This Chapter prescribes requirements for subregulation 133.190(1) of CASR.
6.02 Definitions for Chapter 6
In this Chapter:
additional fuel means the supplementary amount of fuel required to allow a rotorcraft that suffers engine failure, or loss of pressurisation, at the critical point along the route (whichever results in the greater subsequent fuel consumption) to:
(a) proceed to an alternate aerodrome for the flight of the rotorcraft; and
(b) fly for 15 minutes at the holding speed, for the rotorcraft, at 1 500 ft above the aerodrome elevation in ISA conditions; and
(c) make an approach and landing.
contingency fuel, for a rotorcraft and flight, means the amount of fuel required to compensate for unforeseen factors, which must not be less than the greater of the following amounts:
(a) 10% of the trip fuel amount for the flight;
(b) an amount of fuel required to fly, in ISA conditions, for 5 minutes at the holding speed, for the rotorcraft, at 1 500 ft above the planned destination aerodrome.
destination alternate fuel means the amount of fuel required to enable a rotorcraft to do the following in a sequence:
(a) perform a missed approach at the destination aerodrome;
(b) climb to the expected cruising altitude;
(c) fly the expected routing to the destination alternate aerodrome;
(d) descend to the point where the expected approach is initiated;
(e) conduct the approach;
(f) land at the destination alternate aerodrome.
established, for the definition of holding fuel in this section, means any of the following:
(a) established by the rotorcraft’s manufacturer, and published in the rotorcraft’s flight manual;
(b) established by the use of a fuel consumption monitoring system;
(c) established by the rotorcraft’s operator and published in the operator’s exposition, along with:
(i) the relevant data and methodology used; or
(ii) references to another accessible location of the data and methodology used.
final reserve fuel means the amount of fuel:
(a) that is required to fly a rotorcraft:
(i) for the kind of flight mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table:
(A) for the period of the flight mentioned in column 3 of the item; and
(B) at the speed mentioned in column 2 of the item for the period of the flight mentioned in column 3 of the item; and
(ii) at 1 500 ft above aerodrome elevation in ISA conditions; and
(iii) at the rotorcraft’s estimated weight on arrival at the destination aerodrome (the relevant aerodrome) for the flight of the rotorcraft, or the destination alternate aerodrome (also the relevant aerodrome) for the flight, if required; and
(b) that is usable fuel remaining in the rotorcraft’s fuel tanks on completion of the final landing at the relevant aerodrome.
Table—Final reserve fuel requirements
| Item | Kind of flight (by flight rules) Column 1 | Speed Column 2 | Final reserve fuel flight time Column 3 |
| 1 | IFR flight | the holding speed for the rotorcraft | 30 minutes |
| 2 | VFR flight | the range speed for the rotorcraft | 20 minutes |
| 3 | VFR flight by day | the range speed for the rotorcraft | 20 minutes |
holding fuel means the amount of fuel required by a rotorcraft to fly for the period anticipated for holding (taking into account the operating conditions), calculated at the holding fuel consumption rate established for the rotorcraft for the anticipated meteorological conditions, or ISA conditions.
Note: See the definition of established in this section.
ISA means International Standard Atmosphere.
point of in-flight replanning means a point en route during a flight of a rotorcraft, determined by the operator or pilot in command for the flight before the flight commences, at which a rotorcraft can:
(a) if the flight arrives at the point with adequate fuel to complete the flight to the planned destination aerodrome while maintaining the fuel required by subsection 6.04 (2) —continue to that aerodrome; or
(b) otherwise — divert to an en route alternate aerodrome while maintaining the fuel required by subsection 6.04 (3).
taxi fuel means the amount of fuel expected to be used for start, hover and taxi operations before commencement of the take-off stage of a flight, taking into account:
(a) local conditions at the departure aerodrome; and
(b) APU consumption, if applicable.
trip fuel means the amount of fuel required to enable a rotorcraft to fly from any point along the route until landing at a destination aerodrome, including the following:
(a) fuel for take-off and climb from the departure aerodrome to initial cruising level or altitude, taking into account the expected departure routing;
(b) fuel for cruise from top of climb to top of descent, including any step climb or descent;
(c) fuel from top of descent to the point where the approach is initiated, taking into account the expected arrival procedure;
(d) fuel for executing an approach and landing.
unforeseen factors means factors that could have an influence on a rotorcraft’s fuel consumption to the destination aerodrome, for the flight, including the following:
(a) the rotorcraft’s deviation from the expected fuel consumption data for a rotorcraft of that type;
(b) extended delays and deviations from planned routings or cruising levels.
6.03 General requirements
Fuel consumption data
(1) When determining the quantity of usable fuel required under this Chapter for a flight of a rotorcraft, the operator, and pilot in command, must each use the following fuel consumption data sources:
(a) the most recent rotorcraft-specific fuel consumption data derived from a fuel consumption monitoring system used by the operator, if available;
(b) the rotorcraft’s manufacturer’s data for the rotorcraft.
Note: The rotorcraft manufacturer’s data includes electronic flight planning data. The manufacturer’s data may be in the flight manual, cruise performance manuals or other publications.
Operational conditions etc.
(2) In determining the quantity of usable fuel required under this Chapter, the operator, and pilot in command, must each consider the effect of the following matters:
(a) the operating conditions for the proposed flight, including the following:
(i) the actual (if known or available), or anticipated, weight of the rotorcraft;
(ii) relevant NOTAMs;
(iii) relevant meteorological reports and forecasts;
(iv) relevant ATS procedures, restrictions and anticipated delays;
(v) the effects of deferred maintenance items and configuration deviations;
(b) the potential for deviations from the planned flight because of unforeseen factors.
6.04 Amounts of fuel to be carried on board for a flight
(1) The operator, and pilot in command, of a rotorcraft must each ensure that, when a flight of the rotorcraft commences, the rotorcraft is carrying on board at least the total of the following amounts of usable fuel:
(a) taxi fuel;
(b) trip fuel;
(c) destination alternate fuel, if required;
(d) holding fuel, if required;
(e) contingency fuel;
(f) final reserve fuel;
(g) additional fuel, if applicable.
(2) The operator, and pilot in command, must each ensure, at any point of in-flight replanning, the rotorcraft is carrying on board at least the following amounts of usable fuel:
(a) trip fuel from that point;
(b) destination alternate fuel, if required;
(c) holding fuel, if required;
(d) contingency fuel;
(e) final reserve fuel;
(f) additional fuel, if applicable.
(3) The operator, and pilot in command, must each ensure the rotorcraft is carrying on board at least the following amounts of usable fuel, required at any time to continue the flight safely:
(a) trip fuel from that time;
(b) destination alternate fuel, if required;
(c) holding fuel, if required;
(d) final reserve fuel;
(e) additional fuel, if applicable.
(4) If, after the commencement of the flight, fuel is used for a purpose other than that originally intended during pre-flight planning, the pilot in command must re‑analyse the planned use of fuel for the remainder of the flight, and adjust the parameters of the flight if that is necessary to continue to meet the requirements of this Chapter.
(5) Subsection (6) applies if a rotorcraft:
(a) has been unable to land at the planned destination aerodrome; and
(b) is diverting to the planned destination alternate aerodrome.
(6) Despite subsection (3), the operator, and pilot in command, must each ensure the rotorcraft is carrying at least the following amounts of usable fuel:
(a) destination alternate fuel from that time;
(b) holding fuel, if required;
(c) final reserve fuel.
6.05 Requirements for determining fuel before, and monitoring fuel during, flight
(1)The operator, and pilot in command, of a rotorcraft must each ensure that for a flight of the rotorcraft:
(a) the amount of usable fuel on board the rotorcraft is determined before the flight commences, and recorded; and
(b) regular in-flight fuel amount checks are conducted.
Note: Procedures to ensure that a flight of the rotorcraft is conducted in accordance with the fuel requirements in this Chapter, including procedures for how regular in-flight fuel amount checks will be conducted for a flight, must be included in the operator’s exposition: see regulation 133.180, and paragraphs 119.205(1)(h) and (o), of CASR.
(2) The pilot in command must do all the following at each in-flight fuel amount check:
(a) determine the amount of usable fuel remaining;
(b) compare planned fuel consumption with actual fuel consumption;
(c) determine whether the remaining usable fuel is sufficient to meet:
(i) if a point of in-flight replanning has been specified by the operator for the flight and the flight has not proceeded past the point — the requirements of subsection 6.04(2); and
(ii) otherwise — the requirements of subsection 6.04(3);
(d) determine the amount of usable fuel expected to be remaining when the rotorcraft lands at the destination aerodrome.
6.06 Procedures if fuel reaches specified amount
(1) If the pilot in command of a rotorcraft for a flight becomes aware that the amount of usable fuel in the rotorcraft on landing at the destination aerodrome would be less than the fuel required under subsection 6.04(3), the pilot in command must:
(a) take into account the traffic and operational conditions likely to be prevailing on arrival at:
(i) the destination aerodrome; and
(ii) if a destination alternate aerodrome is required for the flight — the destination alternate aerodrome; and
(iii) anyen‑route alternate aerodrome; and
(b) proceed to an aerodrome mentioned in paragraph (a) that enables the pilot in command to continue to meet the requirements in section 6.04.
(2) The pilot in command must request from ATS the duration of any likely delay in landing if unforeseen factors could result in the rotorcraft landing at the destination aerodrome with less than the following amounts of fuel remaining:
(a) final reserve fuel;
(b) destination alternate fuel, if required.
(3) The pilot in command must declare to ATS a “minimum fuel” state if:
(a) the pilot in command is committed to land the rotorcraft at an aerodrome in accordance with this section; and
(b) it is calculated that if there is any change to the existing air traffic control clearance issued to the rotorcraft in relation to that aerodrome, the rotorcraft will land with less than the final reserve fuel remaining.
Note 1: The declaration of “minimum fuel” informs ATS that all planned aerodrome options have been reduced to a specific aerodrome of intended landing and any change to the existing clearance may result in landing with less than final reserve fuel. This is not an emergency situation, but an indication that an emergency situation is possible should any additional delay happen.
Note 2: Pilots in command should not expect any form of priority handling because of a “minimum fuel” declaration. ATS will, however, advise the flight crew of any additional expected delays, and coordinate when transferring control of the rotorcraft to ensure other ATS units are aware of the flight’s fuel state.
(4) If the pilot in command of a rotorcraft for a flight becomes aware that the amount of useable fuel remaining on landing at the nearest aerodrome where a safe landing can be made would be less than the final reserve fuel, the pilot in command must declare a situation of “emergency fuel” by broadcasting “MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY FUEL”.
Note: The fuel emergency declaration is a distress message.
6.07 Operational variations—fuel calculations
(1) Despite sections 6.03 and 6.04, a rotorcraft operator may use an operational variation, stated in the operator’s exposition for the purpose of this section, that relates to the calculation of any of the following, if the requirements in subsections (3) and (5) are met:
(a) taxi fuel;
(b) trip fuel;
(c) contingency fuel;
(d) destination alternate fuel;
(e) additional fuel.
(2) To avoid doubt, an operational variation mentioned in subsection (1) cannot relate to the calculation of holding fuel or final reserve fuel.
(3) The operator must have submitted to CASA, at least 28 days before using an operational variation:
(a) evidence of at least one of the following, that demonstrates how the operational variation will maintain, or improve, aviation safety:
(i) documented in-service experience;
(ii) the results of a specific safety risk assessment conducted by the operator that meets the requirements of subsection (4); and
(b) details of the operational variation, including procedures in relation to the use of the operational variation, proposed for inclusion in the operator’s exposition.
Note: Under regulation 119.105 of CASR, CASA may direct the operator to remove from the operator’s exposition, or revise in the exposition, the operational variation if CASA were to find there was insufficient evidence the operational variation would maintain, or improve, aviation safety.
(4) For the purposes of subparagraph (3)(a)(ii), the specific safety risk assessment must include at least the following:
(a) flight fuel calculations;
(b) the capabilities of the operator, including:
(i) a data-driven method that includes a fuel consumption monitoring program; and
(ii) the use of sophisticated techniques for determining the suitability of alternate aerodromes; and
(iii) specific risk-mitigating measures.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (1), the operator’s exposition must include procedures in relation to the use of the operational variation.
Chapter 7 — Safety briefings, instructions and demonstrations
7.01 Safety briefing card
(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), for paragraph 133.235(4)(a) of CASR, the following information is prescribed:
(a) how to use and adjust seatbelts (other than extension belts);
(b) if the rotorcraft’s seats are adjustable — when to adjust the back of the seat to an upright position, or other position permitted by the rotorcraft’s aircraft flight manual instructions;
(c) if the rotorcraft’s seats have attachments (for example, tray tables or footrests) — when the attachment must be in its stowed position;
(d) if the rotorcraft has an attachment, permanently fixed on an interior cabin structure, which is intended to be manipulated, or used, by passengers during flight (for example, a tray table or bassinet) — when the attachment must be in its stowed position;
(e) where to stow, or otherwise secure, carry-on baggage and personal effects, and the periods during flight when these items must be stowed or secured;
(f) where the emergency exits are located, and how to use them;
(g) if the rotorcraft is equipped with an escape path lighting system — the form, function, colour, and location, of the system;
(h) how to assume the brace position, including the position for passengers with infants;
(i) the information mentioned in subsection (2) in relation to equipment mentioned in the provision that is required to be carried on the rotorcraft for the flight under Chapter 11;
(j) that smoking is not permitted during the flight.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(i), the information is:
(a) if passenger-operated equipment to dispense oxygen is required to be carried under Division 9 of Chapter 11 — the location of the equipment and how to use it; and
(b) if life jackets are required to be carried, and worn, on the rotorcraft under section 11.49:
(i) where life jackets (other than infant life jackets) are located; and
(ii) how to use life jackets (including infant life jackets); and
(c) if life rafts are required to be carried on the rotorcraft under section 11.50 — where they are located and how to use them during an initial evacuation of the rotorcraft.
(3) Subsection (4) applies to an operator of a rotorcraft that, immediately before the commencement of this instrument, held an AOC authorising the operator to engage in regular public transport operations or charter operations, within the meaning of those terms immediately before the commencement of this instrument.
(4) Until 1 December 2022, for paragraph 133.235(4)(a) of CASR, the information prescribed is:
(a) the information mentioned in paragraphs 14.1.3 and 14.1.4 of repealed Civil Aviation Order 20.11, as in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument; or
(b) the information mentioned in subsection (1).
7.02 Safety briefings, instructions, or demonstrations, before take-off
(1) This section prescribes requirements for subregulation 133.240(1) of CASR.
(2) A safety briefing, instruction or demonstration mentioned in this section must be given to a passenger before the rotorcraft’s engines are started for a flight, unless the briefing, instruction or demonstration has been given to the passenger before boarding the rotorcraft, following the operator’s pre-flight boarding procedures.
(3) The safety briefing, instruction or demonstration must be given in a form that facilitates the application of the procedures applicable in the event of an emergency.
(4) A specific safety briefing must be provided directly to any passenger with reduced mobility on the flight, and any person (the accompanying person) accompanying, or assisting, the passenger, and the safety briefing must:
(a) include what to do if an emergency evacuation of the rotorcraft is necessary; and
(b) be given in a form appropriate to the passenger and accompanying person.
(5) A specific safety briefing must be provided directly to any passenger responsible for an infant on the flight which outlines:
(a) when, and how, the infant must be restrained; and
(b) the location of infant life jackets, if required to be carried under section 11.49.
(6) Subject to subsection (7), a specific safety briefing must be provided directly to any passenger on the flight who is seated in an emergency exit row, which outlines what to do if it becomes necessary to use the exit.
(7) Subsection (6) does not apply if:
(a) a crew member who has been assigned to the flight is seated in a crew station adjacent to the exit; and
(b) the crew member has been assigned emergency evacuation responsibilities for the exit in accordance with the operator’s exposition.
(8) If life jackets are required to be carried, and worn, on the rotorcraft under section 11.49, there must be a demonstration of the method of donning, and inflating, a life jacket.
(9) A safety briefing that addresses the following matters must be given:
(a) when seatbelts must be worn during the flight, and how to use them;
(b) if the rotorcraft’s seats are adjustable — when to adjust the back of the seat to an upright position, or other position permitted by the rotorcraft’s aircraft flight manual instructions;
(c) if the rotorcraft’s seats have attachments (for example, tray tables or footrests) — when the attachment must be in its stowed position;
(d) if the rotorcraft has an attachment, permanently fixed on an interior cabin structure, which is intended to be used, or manipulated, by passengers during flight (for example, a tray table or bassinet) — when the attachment must be in its stowed position;
(e) where to stow, or otherwise secure, carry-on baggage and personal effects, and the periods during flight when these items must be stowed or secured;
(f) where the emergency exits are located;
(g) if the rotorcraft is equipped with an escape-path lighting system — where it is;
(h) if equipment to dispense supplemental oxygen is required to be carried on the rotorcraft for the flight under Division 9 of Chapter 11 — the location of the equipment and how to use it;
(i) if life jackets are required to be carried, and worn, on the rotorcraft for the flight under section 11.49:
(i) where they are located and how to use them; and
(ii) the giving of a warning that life jackets must not be inflated inside the rotorcraft;
(j) if life rafts are required to be carried on the rotorcraft for the flight under section 11.50:
(i) where they are located; and
(ii) if a life raft is intended to be used by a passenger without instructions at the time of use — how to deploy it;
(k) that smoking is prohibited on board the rotorcraft under legislation;
(l) that carry-on baggage must be left behind in the event of an emergency evacuation;
(m) the requirement to comply with any safety directions and instructions given by a crew member;
(n) if a safety briefing card, for the rotorcraft, is required to be available to each passenger under subregulation 133.235(2) of CASR:
(i) where to find it; and
(ii) if it sets out different seating configurations for the rotorcraft — which configuration is in use for the flight;
(o) if special survival equipment relevant to a specific environment is intended to be used by a passenger — the location of the equipment and location of written instructions for its use;
(p) when, and how, to assume the brace position, including the position for passengers with infants.
Note 1: Smoking on the rotorcraft during the flight is prohibited under section 37 of the Air Navigation Regulations 2016.
Note 2: Certain directions to passengers, in relation to seats, are required to be given under regulation 91.570 of CASR.
7.03 Safety instructions during flight
(1) This section prescribes requirements for subregulation 133.240(1) of CASR.
(2) The safety instructions mentioned in this section must be given to a passenger at a time, before the landing of the rotorcraft, at which the passenger could be reasonably expected to remember the instructions before the flight ends.
(c) has met the relevant recency or proficiency requirements that are the subject of the training or check, as stated in the operator’s exposition, CASR and Division 2; and
(d) has been nominated, in writing, by the operator to be a training pilot, check pilot, or training and check pilot, as applicable, for the operator’s training and checking system.
(2) For paragraph (1)(d), the nomination must be made by an entry in the operator’s exposition or a document provided by the operator to CASA, and state that the individual meets the requirements stated in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c).
12.12CASA may test nominated individual
(1) CASA may test an individual nominated by the operator under paragraph 12.11(1)(d) to be a training pilot, check pilot, or training and check pilot, as applicable, to assess the individual’s competency in the role.
Note: If CASA conducts a test of the individual and determines that the individual should not be permitted to conduct training or checks under this Chapter, then CASA has the power under Subpart 11.G of CASR to direct the individual to undertake further training before commencing, or continuing, in the role.
(2) For subsection (1), CASA must give the individual written notice of the test.
(3) The date, time and location of the test stated in a notice under subsection (2) must be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) CASA must give the individual a copy of the result of the test, including the CASA testing officer’s assessment of the individual’s competency in the role.
Division 4—Use of available approved flight simulator
12.13Use of available approved flight simulator for training or checking etc.
(1) This section applies to a flight crew member for a flight of a rotorcraft of a type mentioned in the following table.
Table Types of rotorcraft
| Rotorcraft type certificate holder or manufacturer | Rotorcraft models and variants |
| Agusta Westland Agusta Bell | AB/AW 139 AW 189 |
| Airbus Helicopters Aerospatiale Eurocopter or EADS | AS 332 L AS 332 L2 EC225 EC175 |
| Sikorsky | S 76A series S 76B series S 76C series S 76D series S 70 S 92 |
(2) Without limiting the requirements stated in section 12.05, the flight crew member must undertake the rotorcraft operator’s conversion training under section 12.05, and flight crew member proficiency check, for the rotorcraft in relation to the flight component of the matters mentioned in subsection 12.05(2) in:
(a) an available approved flight simulator; or
(b) the rotorcraft, subject to the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) being met.
(3) For paragraph (2)(b), the conditions are the following:
(a) the training or check must not require the carrying out of any non-normal exercises that disable a vital system of the rotorcraft in-flight;
(b) any simulated non-normal exercises, carried out as part of the training or check, must be carried out using the rotorcraft’s 1 engine inoperative training mode selector switch;
(c) the training or check must have been risk-assessed, and managed, by the operator in accordance with the operator’s risk assessment and management processes stated in the operator’s exposition.
(4) If the flight crew member undertook the operator’s conversion training under section 12.05, and flight crew member proficiency check, for the rotorcraft, mentioned in subsection (2) in the rotorcraft, the flight crew member must:
(a) undertake the next flight crew member proficiency check, for the rotorcraft, under subsection 12.08(3) in an available approved flight simulator; and
(b) undertake at least one of the flight crew member proficiency checks, for the rotorcraft, under subsection 12.08(3) in each of the following years in an available approved flight simulator.
(5) If the flight crew member undertook the operator’s conversion training under section 12.05, and flight crew member proficiency check, for the rotorcraft, mentioned in subsection (2) in an available approved flight simulator, the flight crew member:
(a) may undertake the next flight crew member proficiency check, for the rotorcraft, under subsection 12.08(3) in an available approved flight simulator or the rotorcraft; and
(b) must undertake at least one of the flight crew member proficiency checks, for the rotorcraft, under subsection 12.08(3) undertaken in each of the following years in an available approved flight simulator.
(6) In this section:
available, in relation to an approved flight simulator, means the flight simulator:
(a) exists in Australia or a recognised foreign State; and
(b) is offered for use on a commercial basis; and
(c) is serviceable; and
(d) is available to the operator to reserve and use.
non-normal exercise means an aircraft operation that involves a simulated system failure of a kind that affects, or would be likely to affect, the flying performance, or handling characteristics, of the aircraft beyond the parameters of normal operation.
vital system, of a rotorcraft, means a system that if operated in a simulated failed-state would reasonably be considered to cause a reduction in safety of the rotorcraft in-flight.
Division 5—Command training for pilot in command
12.14 Command training requirements
For paragraph 133.385(1)(c) of CASR, the following requirements are prescribed:
(a) training in the responsibilities of the pilot in command of a rotorcraft of that type or class;
(b) supervised line flying as pilot in command under supervision for the required number of flight hours mentioned in the rotorcraft operator’s exposition.
Note: Before the pilot can operate the rotorcraft as pilot in command, the pilot is also required to have successfully completed the operator’s flight crew member proficiency check, and flight crew member line check, for the rotorcraft, relating to a pilot in command of the rotorcraft.
Division 6—Pilot in command in non-command seat
12.15Non-command seat proficiency check requirements
For paragraphs 133.395(1)(b), and (2)(b), of CASR, the following requirements are prescribed:
(a) the pilot in command must complete a relevant part of the operator’s flight crew member proficiency check under section 12.08 while operating the rotorcraft from the non-command seat as pilot in command or in command under supervision;
(b) the relevant part of the flight crew member proficiency check must check that the pilot in command is competent to carry out the required non-command seat flight crew member’s duties in the rotorcraft.
Chapter 13 — Cabin crew member training and checking
13.01Prescribed circumstances and number
(1) For subregulation 133.425(2) of CASR, the following circumstances are prescribed:
(a) the rotorcraft’s passenger seating compartment is configured in a way so that there is a longitudinal aisle between the rows of seating; and
(b) there are at least 20 passengers carried on the flight.
(2) For paragraph 133.425(3)(a) of CASR, the number prescribed is 1.
13.02Training and checking requirements
For subregulation 133.425(4) of CASR, the requirements prescribed are the same as the requirements prescribed for an air crew member under Divisions 1 and 2 of Chapter 14, as if:
(a) a reference in those Divisions to an air crew member is a reference to a cabin crew member; and
(b) a reference in those Divisions to an air crew member general emergency check of competency is a reference to a cabin crew member general emergency check of competency; and
(c) a reference in those Divisions to an air crew member line check is a reference to a cabin crew member line check; and
(d) a reference in those Divisions to an air crew member proficiency check is a reference to a cabin crew member proficiency check.
13.03Who may conduct training and checking etc.
(1) This section applies if a cabin crew member of a rotorcraft operator’s personnel undertakes training, or a check, that is required under regulation 133.425 of CASR or section 13.02.
(2) Sections 14.11 and 14.12 apply as if:
(a) a reference in those sections to a training air crew member is a reference to a training cabin crew member; and
(b) a reference in those sections to a check air crew member is a reference to a check cabin crew member; and
(c) a reference in those sections to a training and check air crew member is a reference to a training and check cabin crew member.
Chapter 14 — Air crew member training and checking
Division 1—Preliminary
14.01Definitions for Chapter 14
In this Chapter:
air crew member general emergency check of competency operator means an assessment, conducted by a rotorcraft’s operator in accordance with the operator’s exposition, of whether a person is competent, as an air crew member in the rotorcraft, in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection 14.04(2).
air crew member line check means an assessment, conducted by a rotorcraft’s operator in accordance with the operator’s exposition, of whether a person is competent to safely carry out the person’s duties as an air crew member in the rotorcraft, which relates to the matters mentioned in subsection 14.06(2).
air crew member proficiency check means an assessment, conducted by a rotorcraft’s operator in accordance with the operator’s exposition, of whether a person is competent to safely carry out the person’s duties as an air crew member in the rotorcraft, which relates to the matters mentioned in subsection 14.05(2).
Division 2—Air crew member training and checking events
14.02Purpose of Division 2
This Division prescribes requirements for subregulation 133.455(2) of CASR.
Note: Paragraph 119.205(1)(h) of CASR requires an Australian air transport operator to include in the operator’s exposition details of each plan, process, procedure, program and system implemented by the operator to safely conduct and manage the operator’s Australian air transport operations in compliance with the civil aviation legislation.
14.03Training and checking requirements
An air crew member meets the training and checking requirements for the air crew member and flight if:
(a) the air crew member has successfully completed the operator’s general emergency training under section 14.04 and the operator’s air crew member general emergency check of competency; and
(b) the air crew member has successfully completed the operator’s conversion training under section 14.05 and the operator’s air crew member proficiency check; and
(c) the air crew member is undertaking, or has successfully completed, the operator’s line training under section 14.06 and the operator’s air crew member line check; and
(d) if required, the air crew member has successfully completed the operator’s differences training under section 14.07; and
(e) the air crew member has successfully completed the operator’s recurrent training and checking under section 14.08; and
(f) if required, the air crew member has successfully completed the operator’s remedial training under section 14.09.
14.04General emergency training
(1) The air crew member must have successfully completed the operator’s general emergency training for the rotorcraft.
(2) The training must deal with the following:
(a) training in general emergency and survival procedures;
(b) training in aerodrome and rotorcraft security procedures;
(c) training in procedures for the location of, access to, and use of, the emergency and safety equipment on the rotorcraft;
(d) if life jackets and life rafts are required to be carried on the rotorcraft for the flight under regulation 133.360 of CASR — training in ditching procedures, and training, including in-water practical training, in underwater escape and the use of life jackets and life rafts;
(e) for a flight to which paragraph (d) does not apply, but for which life jackets are required to be carried on the rotorcraft under regulation 133.360 of CASR — training in ditching procedures, and training, including in-water practical training, in underwater escape and the use of life jackets.
14.05Conversion training and air crew member proficiency check
(1) The air crew member must have successfully completed the operator’s conversion training, and air crew member proficiency check, for the rotorcraft.
(2) The training must deal with the following:
(a) training in the duties and responsibilities for the air crew member’s position;
(b) training in the standard operating procedures for the kind of rotorcraft used for the flight;
(c) training in the normal, non-normal and emergency procedures for a rotorcraft of that kind;
(d) training in the procedures for any other operations conducted by the operator in a rotorcraft of that kind that the air crew member has not previously experienced, for example, auto-hover search and rescue operations or NVIS operations.
14.06Line training and air crew member line check
(1) The air crew member must be undertaking, or have successfully completed, the operator’s line training, and air crew member line check, for the rotorcraft.
(2) The training must deal with the following:
(a) training in the operator’s safety management system’s risk assessment and management practices;
(b) training in the procedures for the conduct of line operations;
(c) training in the procedures related to aerodrome ground handling, rotorcraft parking and public safety;
(d) if passengers are carried on the flight — training in the conduct of passenger handling, briefings and safety demonstrations;
(e) training specific to the operator’s area of operations;
(f) training in pre-flight, and post-flight, activities relating to line operations.
14.07Differences training
(1) If required, the air crew member must have successfully completed the operator’s differences training for the rotorcraft.
(2) The training must deal with the following:
(a) if the limitations or systems of a rotorcraft of that kind are of a kind that the air crew member has not previously received training for — training in the limitations or systems;
(b) if the equipment on a rotorcraft of that kind is of a kind that the air crew member has not previously received training for — training in the location, and use, of the equipment;
(c) if the normal and emergency procedures for a rotorcraft of that kind are of a kind that the air crew member has not previously received training for — training in the procedures.
14.08 Recurrent training and checking
(1) The air crew member must have successfully completed the operator’s recurrent training and checking for the rotorcraft, in accordance with the requirements stated in subsections (3) and (4).
(2) The operator’s recurrent training and checking, for the rotorcraft, in relation to the use of life rafts or life jackets does not need to include in-water practical training.
(3) The air crew member must successfully undertake the operator’s air crew member general emergency check of competency, for the relevant kind of rotorcraft, as follows:
(a) in relation to underwater escape or the use of life rafts — subject to subsection (5), at intervals of not more than 3 years after the previous check;
(b) otherwise — subject to subsection (5), at intervals of not more than 1 year after the previous check.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), the air crew member must successfully undertake the operator’s air crew member proficiency check, for the relevant kind of rotorcraft, initially 1 year after first commencing unsupervised line operations for the operator, and then at intervals of 1 year after the previous proficiency check.
(5) Any check of competency or proficiency mentioned in this section, required to be completed at intervals of 1 or 3 years, successfully completed within 90 days before, or after, its due date is taken to meet the requirements stated in this section as if it had been completed on the due date.
(6) An air crew member who fails to demonstrate competency or continuing competency, for the relevant kind of rotorcraft, under this section must not perform the duties of an air crew member in the relevant kind of rotorcraft unless the air crew member has met the remedial training requirements stated in section 13.09.
Note: The operator of a rotorcraft for a flight commits an offence if the operator assigns a person to duty as an air crew member for the flight and the person has not been assessed by the operator, in accordance with the operator’s exposition, as competent to perform the duties assigned to the person for the flight: see regulation 133.460 of CASR.
14.09Remedial training
(1) This section applies if an air crew member fails the operator’s air crew member general emergency check of competency, or air crew member proficiency check, under section 14.08 for a specific kind of rotorcraft.
(2) The air crew member must have successfully completed the operator’s remedial training for the relevant kind of rotorcraft, in accordance with subsection (3).
(3) Before being assigned by the operator to duty as an air crew member for a flight in the relevant kind of rotorcraft, the air crew member must:
(a) successfully complete a program of remedial training in relation to the matters in which the air crew member failed to demonstrate competency for the relevant kind of rotorcraft, as identified in the air crew member general emergency check of competency or air crew member proficiency check, as the case requires; and
(b) then successfully complete the operator’s air crew member general emergency check of competency or air crew member proficiency check, as the case requires, for the relevant kind of rotorcraft; and
(c) then have the status of an air crew member eligible to perform the duties of an air crew member in the relevant kind of rotorcraft reinstated by the operator.
Division 3—Individuals who conduct training and checking
14.10 Application of Division 3
This Division applies if an air crew member of a rotorcraft operator’s personnel undertakes training or, a check, that is required under regulation 133.455 of CASR or Division 2.
14.11 Requirements for individual conducting training and checking
(1) The training or check must be conducted by an individual who:
(a) has met the minimum experience and entry control requirements, stated in the operator’s exposition, for a training air crew member, check air crew member, or training and check air crew member, as applicable; and
(b) has completed the training program, for a training air crew member, check air crew member, or training and check air crew member, as applicable, included in the operator’s exposition; and
(c) has met the relevant recency or proficiency requirements that are the subject of the training or check, as stated in the operator’s exposition, CASR and Division 2; and
(d) has been nominated, in writing, by the operator to be a training air crew member, check air crew member, or training and check air crew member, as applicable, for the operator’s training and checking system.
(2) For paragraph (1)(d), the nomination must be made by an entry in the operator’s exposition or a document provided by the operator to CASA, and state that the individual meets the requirements stated in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c).
(3) The requirements of this section are directions to the operator for the purposes of regulation 11.245 of CASR.
(4) The directions cease to be in force at the end of 1 December 2024.
14.12CASA may test nominated individual
(1) CASA may test an individual nominated by the operator under paragraph 14.11(1)(d) to be a training air crew member, check air crew member, or training and check air crew member, as applicable, to assess the individual’s competency in the role.
Note: If CASA conducts a test of the individual and determines that the individual should not be permitted to conduct training or checks under this Chapter, then CASA has the power under Subpart 11.G of CASR to direct the individual to undertake further training before commencing, or continuing, in the role.
(2) For subsection (1), CASA must give the individual written notice of the test.
(3) The date, time and location of the test stated in a notice under subsection (2) must be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) CASA must give the individual a copy of the result of the test, including the CASA testing officer’s assessment of the individual’s competency in the role.
Chapter 15 — Medical transport specialist training and checking
Division 1—Preliminary
15.01Definitions for Chapter 15
In this Chapter:
medical transport specialist general emergency check of competency means an assessment, conducted by a rotorcraft’s operator in accordance with the operator’s exposition, of whether a person is competent, as a medical transport specialist, in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection 15.04(2).
medical transport specialist line check means an assessment, conducted by a rotorcraft’s operator in accordance with the operator’s exposition, of whether a person is competent to safely carry out the person’s duties as a medical transport specialist in the rotorcraft, which relates to the matters mentioned in subsection 15.06(2).
medical transport specialist proficiency check means an assessment, conducted by a rotorcraft’s operator in accordance with the operator’s exposition, of whether a person is competent to safely carry out the person’s duties as a medical transport specialist in the rotorcraft, which relates to the matters mentioned in subsection 15.05(2).
Division 2—Medical transport specialist training and checking events
15.02 Purpose of Division 2
This Division prescribes requirements for subregulation 133.470(2) of CASR.
Note: Paragraph 119.205(1)(h) of CASR requires an Australian air transport operator to include in the operator’s exposition details of each plan, process, procedure, program and system implemented by the operator to safely conduct and manage the operator’s Australian air transport operations in compliance with the civil aviation legislation.
15.03Training and checking requirements
A medical transport specialist meets the training and checking requirements for the medical transport specialist and flight if:
(a) the medical transport specialist has successfully completed the operator’s general emergency training under section 15.04 and the operator’s medical transport specialist general emergency check of competency; and
(b) the medical transport specialist has successfully completed the operator’s conversion training under section 15.05 and the operator’s medical transport specialist proficiency check; and
(c) the medical transport specialist is undertaking, or has successfully completed, the operator’s line training under section 15.06 and the operator’s medical transport specialist line check; and
(d) if required, the medical transport specialist has successfully completed the operator’s differences training under section 15.07; and
(e) the medical transport specialist has successfully completed the operator’s recurrent training and checking under section 15.08; and
(f) if required, the medical transport specialist has successfully completed the operator’s remedial training under section 15.09.
15.04General emergency training
(1) The medical transport specialist must have successfully completed the operator’s general emergency training for the rotorcraft.
(2) The training must deal with the following:
(a) training in general emergency and survival procedures;
(b) training in aerodrome and rotorcraft security procedures;
(c) training in procedures for the location of, access to, and use of, the emergency and safety equipment on the rotorcraft;
(d) if life jackets and life rafts are required to be carried on the rotorcraft for the flight under regulation 133.360 of CASR — training in ditching procedures, and training, including in-water practical training, in underwater escape and the use of life jackets and life rafts;
(e) for a flight to which paragraph (d) does not apply, but for which life jackets are required to be carried on the rotorcraft under regulation 133.360 of CASR — training in ditching procedures, and training, including in-water practical training, in underwater escape and the use of life jackets.
15.05Conversion training and medical transport specialist proficiency check
(1) The medical transport specialist must have successfully completed the operator’s conversion training, and medical transport specialist proficiency check, for the rotorcraft.
(2) The training must deal with the following:
(a) training in the duties and responsibilities for the medical transport specialist’s position;
(b) training in the standard operating procedures for the kind of rotorcraft used for the flight;
(c) training in the normal, non-normal and emergency procedures for a rotorcraft of that kind;
(d) training in the procedures for any other operations conducted by the operator in a rotorcraft of that kind that the medical transport specialist has not previously experienced, for example, winching operations.
15.06Line training and medical transport specialist line check
(1) The medical transport specialist must be undertaking, or have successfully completed, the operator’s line training, and medical transport specialist line check, for the rotorcraft.
(2) The training must deal with the following:
(a) training in the operator’s safety management system’s risk assessment and management practices;
(b) training in the procedures for the conduct of line operations;
(c) training in the procedures related to aerodrome ground handling, rotorcraft parking and public safety;
(d) if medical patients are carried on the flight — training in the conduct of medical patient handling, briefings and safety demonstrations;
(e) if required, training specific to the operator’s area of operations;
(f) training in pre-flight, and post-flight, activities relating to line operations.
15.07Differences training
(1) If required, the medical transport specialist must have successfully completed the operator’s differences training for the rotorcraft.
(2) The training must deal with the following:
(a) if the limitations or systems of a rotorcraft of that kind are of a kind that the medical transport specialist has not previously received training for — training in the limitations or systems;
(b) if the equipment on a rotorcraft of that kind is of a kind that the medical transport specialist has not previously received training for — training in the location, and use, of the equipment;
(c) if the normal and emergency procedures for a rotorcraft of that kind are of a kind that the medical transport specialist has not previously received training for — training in the procedures.
15.08 Recurrent training and checking
(1) The medical transport specialist must have successfully completed the operator’s recurrent training and checking for the rotorcraft, in accordance with the requirements stated in subsections (3) and (4).
(2) The operator’s recurrent training and checking, for the rotorcraft, in relation to the use of life rafts or life jackets does not need to include in-water practical training.
(3) The medical transport specialist must successfully undertake the operator’s medical transport specialist general emergency check of competency, for the relevant kind of rotorcraft, as follows:
(a) in relation to underwater escape or the use of life rafts — subject to subsection (5), at intervals of not more than 3 years after the previous check;
(b) otherwise — subject to subsection (5), at intervals of not more than 1 year after the previous check.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), the medical transport specialist must successfully undertake the operator’s medical transport specialist proficiency check, for the relevant kind of rotorcraft, initially 1 year after first commencing unsupervised line operations for the operator, and then at intervals of 1 year after the previous proficiency check.
(5) Any check of competency or proficiency mentioned in this section, required to be completed at intervals of 1 or 3 years, successfully completed within 90 days before, or after, its due date is taken to meet the requirements stated in this section as if it had been completed on the due date.
(6) A medical transport specialist who fails to demonstrate competency or continuing competency, for the relevant kind of rotorcraft, under this section must not perform the duties of a medical transport specialist in the relevant kind of rotorcraft unless the medical transport specialist has met the remedial training requirements stated in section 14.09.
Note: The operator of a rotorcraft for a flight commits an offence if the operator assigns a person to duty as a medical transport specialist for the flight and the person has not been assessed by the operator, in accordance with the operator’s exposition, as competent to perform the duties assigned to the person for the flight: see regulation 133.475 of CASR.
15.09Remedial training
(1) This section applies if a medical transport specialist fails the operator’s medical transport specialist general emergency check of competency, or medical transport specialist proficiency check, under section 15.08 for a specific kind of rotorcraft.
(2) The medical transport specialist must have successfully completed the operator’s remedial training for the relevant kind of rotorcraft, in accordance with subsection (3).
(3) Before being assigned by the operator to duty as a medical transport specialist for a flight in the relevant kind of rotorcraft, the medical transport specialist must:
(a) successfully complete a program of remedial training in relation to the matters in which the medical transport specialist failed to demonstrate competency for the relevant kind of rotorcraft, as identified in the medical transport specialist general emergency check of competency or medical transport specialist proficiency check, as the case requires; and
(b) then successfully complete the operator’s medical transport specialist general emergency check of competency or medical transport specialist proficiency check, as the case requires, for the relevant kind of rotorcraft; and
(c) then have the status of a medical transport specialist eligible perform the duties of a medical transport specialist in the relevant kind of rotorcraft reinstated by the operator.
Division 3—Individuals who conduct training and checking
15.10Application of Division 3
This Division applies if a medical transport specialist of a rotorcraft operator’s personnel undertakes training, or a check, that is required under regulation 133.470 of CASR or Division 2.
15.11Requirements for individual conducting training and checking
(1) The training or check must be conducted by an individual who:
(a) has met the minimum experience and entry control requirements, stated in the operator’s exposition, for a training medical transport specialist, check medical transport specialist, or training and check medical transport specialist, as applicable; and
(b) has completed the training program, for a training medical transport specialist, check medical transport specialist, or training and check medical transport specialist, as applicable, included in the operator’s exposition; and
(c) has met the relevant recency or proficiency requirements that are the subject of the training or check, as stated in the operator’s exposition, CASR and Division 2; and
(d) has been nominated, in writing, by the operator to be a training medical transport specialist, check medical transport specialist, or training and check medical transport specialist, as applicable, for the operator’s training and checking system.
(2) For paragraph (1)(d), the nomination must be made by an entry in the operator’s exposition or a document provided by the operator to CASA, and state that the individual meets the requirements stated in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c).
(3) The requirements of this section are directions to the operator for the purposes of regulation 11.245 of CASR.
(4) The directions cease to be in force at the end of 1 December 2024.
15.12CASA may test nominated individual
(1) CASA may test an individual nominated by the operator under paragraph 15.11(1)(d) to be a training medical transport specialist, check medical transport specialist, or training and check medical transport specialist, as applicable, to assess the individual’s competency in the role.
Note: If CASA conducts a test of the individual and determines that the individual should not be permitted to conduct training or checks under this Chapter, then CASA has the power under Subpart 11.G of CASR to direct the individual to undertake further training before commencing, or continuing, in the role.
(2) For subsection (1), CASA must give the individual written notice of the test.
(3) The date, time and location of the test stated in a notice under subsection (2) must be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) CASA must give the individual a copy of the result of the test, including the CASA testing officer’s assessment of the individual’s competency in the role.
Notes to Part133 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Rotorcraft) Manual of Standards 2020
The Part 133 Manual of Standards (in force under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998) as shown in this compilation comprises the Part 133 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Rotorcraft) Manual of Standards 2020 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Manuals of Standards
| Year and | Date of registration on FRL | Date of | Application, saving or |
| Part 133 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Rotorcraft) Manual of Standards 2020 | 15 Dec 2020 (F2020L01614) | 2 December 2021 (see s. 2) | — |
| Part 133 Manual of Standards Amendment Instrument 2021 (No. 1) | 1 December 2021 (F2021L01688) | 1 December 2021 (see s. 2) | — |
Table of Amendments ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted | |
| Provision affected | How affected |
| s. 1.02 | rep. Legislation Act 2003, s. 48D |
| s. 1.05 | rs. F2021L01688 |
| s. 3.01 | am. F2021L01688 |
| s. 3.04 | am. F2021L01688 |
| s. 5.10 | am. F2021L01688 |
| s. 5.12 | am. F2021L01688 |
| s. 6.02 | am. F2021L01688 |
| s. 7.01 | am. F2021L01688 |
| Chapter 9, heading | rs. F2021L01688 |
| s. 9.01 | am. F2021L01688 |
| s. 9.02 | rs. F2021L01688 |
| s. 9.03 | rs. F2021L01688 |
| s. 9.04 | rs. F2021L01688 |
| s. 9.05 | ad. F2021L01688 |
| s. 10.01 | am. F2021L01688 |
| s. 10.06 | am. F2021L01688 |
| s. 10.09 | am. F2021L01688 |
| s. 10.11 | am. F2021L01688 |
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