{"id":"F2005B00423","name":"CASA 302/04 - Direction under regulation 208 relating to the carriage of a cabin attendant in a balloon","slug":"casa-302-04-direction-under-regulation-208-relating-to-the-carriage-of-a-cabin-attendant-in-a-balloo","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":111654,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00423-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Instrument Number: CASA 302/04","sectionType":"part","heading":"Instrument Number: CASA 302/04","content":"# Instrument Number: CASA 302/04\n\nCIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988\n\nCIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988\n\nDIRECTION UNDER REGULATION 208 RELATING TO THE","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"CARRIAGE OF A CABIN ATTENDANT IN A BALLO","sectionType":"part","heading":"CARRIAGE OF A CABIN ATTENDANT IN A BALLOON","content":"## CARRIAGE OF A CABIN ATTENDANT IN A BALLOON\n\nI, JAMES MARCOLIN, General Manager, General Aviation Operations, a delegate of CASA, under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988), direct that","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"BALLOON ALOFT (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD","sectionType":"part","heading":"BALLOON ALOFT (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD","content":"## BALLOON ALOFT (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD\n\n(Aviation Reference Number 403672)\n\nmay, without carrying a cabin attendant, operate the class 4 Cameron 300 hot air balloon bearing the nationality and registration marks VH-VIM in operations that involve carrying 16 passengers, on condition that:\n\n(a) the duties and responsibilities of the pilot in command relating to the briefing and control of passengers in normal and emergency situations are set out in the operator’s operations manual; and\n\n(b) during the operations, an approximately equal weight of passengers is located in each of the balloon’s 4 passenger compartments; and\n\n(c) during the operations, the passengers are, at all times, in a position to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command; and\n\n(d) the operations are conducted in accordance with all relevant requirements set out in section 20.16.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders, other than subparagraph 6.1 (a) and paragraph 7.1.\n\nThis instrument comes into effect on 1 July 2004 and stops having effect at the end of June 2007.\n\n\\[Signed J. Marcolin\\]\n\nJim Marcolin\n\nGeneral Manager\n\nGeneral Aviation Operations\n\n11 June 2004","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1767},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its original narrow scope as a specific exemption for a single operator (Balloon Aloft) and single aircraft (VH-VIM). It has not expanded beyond its initial purpose of permitting carriage of 16 passengers without a cabin attendant under the specified safety conditions."},"complexity_factors":["Single operator and single aircraft scope (Aviation Reference Number 403672 and registration VH-VIM)","Four specific conditional requirements that must all be satisfied simultaneously","Reference to specific Civil Aviation Orders section (20.16.3) with explicit exclusions (subparagraph 6.1(a) and paragraph 7.1)","Sunset clause with fixed expiry date (June 2007)"],"plain_english_summary":"This exemption allowed Balloon Aloft (Australia) Pty Ltd to operate a single balloon (VH‑VIM) without the normally required cabin attendant, provided strict safety conditions were met: the pilot’s emergency-briefing duties were documented, passengers were evenly distributed across the four compartments and positioned to hear the pilot, and all other applicable Civil Aviation Orders were followed. It applied only to that company and aircraft and expired in June 2007."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-302-04-direction-under-regulation-208-relating-to-the-carriage-of-a-cabin-attendant-in-a-balloo","history":"/api/acts/casa-302-04-direction-under-regulation-208-relating-to-the-carriage-of-a-cabin-attendant-in-a-balloo/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-302-04-direction-under-regulation-208-relating-to-the-carriage-of-a-cabin-attendant-in-a-balloo/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-302-04-direction-under-regulation-208-relating-to-the-carriage-of-a-cabin-attendant-in-a-balloo/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-302-04-direction-under-regulation-208-relating-to-the-carriage-of-a-cabin-attendant-in-a-balloo/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-302-04-direction-under-regulation-208-relating-to-the-carriage-of-a-cabin-attendant-in-a-balloo/documents"}}