{"id":"F2017L00756","name":"CASA 59/17 - Authorisation and direction — passenger occupation of a control seat of aircraft registered with certain recreational aviation administration organisations","slug":"casa-59-17-authorisation-and-direction-passenger-occupation-of-a-control-seat-of-aircraft-registered","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":96610,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L00756-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA 59/17 - Authorisation and direction — passenger occupation of a control seat of aircraft registered with certain recreational aviation administration organisations","content":"Instrument number CASA 59/17\n\nI, GRAEME MILLS CRAWFORD, Aviation Group Manager, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 and the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.\n\n\\[Signed G.M. Crawford\\]\n\nGraeme M. Crawford  \nAviation Group Manager\n\n23 June 2017\n\nAuthorisation and direction — passenger occupation of a control seat of aircraft registered with certain recreational aviation administration organisations\n\n1 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on 1 July 2017; and\n\n(b) is repealed at the end of 30 June 2022.\n\n2 Definitions\n\nIn this instrument:\n\n> recreational dual control aircraft means an aircraft equipped with fully or partially functioning dual controls that is registered with 1 of the following organisations:\n\n(a) Recreational Aviation Australia Limited, ARN 224806;\n\n(b) Hang Gliding Federation of Australia, ARN 527469;\n\n(c) The Australian Sport Rotorcraft Association Incorporated, ARN 223306.\n\n3 Authorisation\n\nFor paragraph 226 (1) (c) of CAR, CASA authorises a person, other than a person to whom paragraph 226 (1) (a) or (b) applies, to occupy a control seat of a recreational dual control aircraft.\n\n4 Direction\n\nFor regulation 11.245 of CASR, CASA directs the pilot in command of a recreational dual control aircraft in which a person occupies a control seat pursuant to the authorisation in section 3:\n\n(a) to instruct the person on how to avoid interference with the aircraft controls during flight; and\n\n(b) to maintain satisfactory communication at all times between the pilot and the person.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1950},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its original narrow scope. It authorises only the specific activity of non-crew passengers occupying control seats in recreational dual-control aircraft registered with the three listed organisations, with no expansion beyond this initial purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Requires cross-referencing to Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (regulation 226) and Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (regulation 11.245) to understand the baseline prohibitions being modified","Single defined term incorporating a closed list of three specific organisations by their aviation reference numbers"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument allows **passengers who aren't pilots** to legally sit in the \"control seat\" (the seat with access to the aircraft's flight controls) of certain small recreational aircraft.\n\nNormally, only qualified pilots or trainee pilots can occupy these seats under the Civil Aviation Regulations. This rule creates an exception for aircraft registered with three specific recreational aviation organisations:\n- Recreational Aviation Australia\n- Hang Gliding Federation of Australia  \n- Australian Sport Rotorcraft Association\n\n**Key conditions:**\n- The aircraft must have **dual controls** (two sets of controls)\n- The pilot must **instruct** the passenger on how to avoid accidentally touching the controls\n- The pilot must **maintain communication** with the passenger throughout the flight\n\nThis lets friends or family members sit up front in the cockpit of recreational aircraft (like ultralights or gyrocopters) for the experience, provided the pilot follows these safety steps."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-59-17-authorisation-and-direction-passenger-occupation-of-a-control-seat-of-aircraft-registered","history":"/api/acts/casa-59-17-authorisation-and-direction-passenger-occupation-of-a-control-seat-of-aircraft-registered/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-59-17-authorisation-and-direction-passenger-occupation-of-a-control-seat-of-aircraft-registered/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-59-17-authorisation-and-direction-passenger-occupation-of-a-control-seat-of-aircraft-registered/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-59-17-authorisation-and-direction-passenger-occupation-of-a-control-seat-of-aircraft-registered/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-59-17-authorisation-and-direction-passenger-occupation-of-a-control-seat-of-aircraft-registered/documents"}}