{"id":"F2006L01728","name":"CASA 192/06 - Direction - carriage of cabin attendants in hot air balloons","slug":"casa-192-06-direction-carriage-of-cabin-attendants-in-hot-air-balloons","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":59501,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L01728-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA 192/06 - Direction - carriage of cabin attendants in hot air balloons","content":"Instrument number CASA192/06\n\nI, ALAN JAMES COOK, Manager Operations, General Aviation Operations Group, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.\n\n\\[Signed Alan Cook\\]\n\nAlan Cook\n\nManager Operations\n\nGeneral Aviation Operations Group\n\n19 June 2006\n\nDirection — carriage of cabin attendants in hot air balloons\n\n1 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on 1 July 2006; and\n\n(b) stops having effect at the end of 30 June 2009.\n\n2 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to the Kavanagh B400 balloon (the balloon):\n\n(a) operated by Raging Thunder Balloon Adventures Pty Ltd, Aviation Registration Number 520686 (the operator); and\n\n(b) bearing the nationality and registration marks VH-URF.\n\n3 Direction\n\nThe operator may operate the balloon carrying up to 20 passengers without carrying a cabin attendant.\n\n4 Conditions\n\nThe direction is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.\n\nSchedule 1 Conditions\n\n1 The balloon must not carry more than 20 passengers.\n\n2 An approximately equal weight of passengers must be located in each of the balloon’s 4 compartments.\n\n3 During operations, the passengers must be, at all times, in a position to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command.\n\n4 When more than 15 passengers are carried, there must be 2 suitably qualified ground crew available, with 1 at either end of the basket, to assist the pilot with the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.\n\n5 The course of training required by the ground crew mentioned in clause 4 must be included in the operator’s operations manual.\n\n6 The operation must comply with Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 other than subparagraph 6.1 (a) and paragraph 7.1.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2533},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: providing a specific exemption for one balloon operator to carry passengers without a cabin attendant. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, single-operator application."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow scope applying to a single aircraft and single operator only","Only 6 specific conditions with clear conditional logic (passenger threshold of 15)","Minimal defined terms (2 definitions)","One external cross-reference to Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 with specific paragraph exemptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Direction permits one specific hot-air balloon (Kavanagh B400, VH-URF, operated by Raging Thunder) to carry up to 20 passengers without a cabin attendant. Instead of an in‑flight attendant, the operator must use weight distribution across compartments, ensure passengers can hear the pilot, employ two trained ground crew when over 15 passengers, document their training in the operations manual, and otherwise comply with Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-192-06-direction-carriage-of-cabin-attendants-in-hot-air-balloons","history":"/api/acts/casa-192-06-direction-carriage-of-cabin-attendants-in-hot-air-balloons/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-192-06-direction-carriage-of-cabin-attendants-in-hot-air-balloons/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-192-06-direction-carriage-of-cabin-attendants-in-hot-air-balloons/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-192-06-direction-carriage-of-cabin-attendants-in-hot-air-balloons/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-192-06-direction-carriage-of-cabin-attendants-in-hot-air-balloons/documents"}}