{"id":"F2005B00881","name":"Civil Aviation Order 82.1 - Conditions on air operators’ certificates authorising commercial glider passenger operations (12/12/2004)","slug":"civil-aviation-order-82-1-conditions-on-air-operators-certificates-authorising-commercial-glider-pas","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":32285,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00881-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Civil Aviation Order 82.1 - Conditions on air operators’ certificates authorising commercial glider passenger operations (12/12/2004)","content":"Civil Aviation Order 82.1 (as amended)\n\nmade under paragraph 28BA (1) (b) and subsection 98 (4A) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988.\n\nThis compilation was prepared on 2 December 2021 taking into account amendments up to Civil Aviation Order (Flight Operations) Repeal and Amendment Instrument 2021 (No. 1). It is a compilation of Civil Aviation Order 82.1 (Conditions on Air Operators’ Certificates authorising commercial glider passenger operations) as amended and in force on 2 December 2021.\n\nPrepared by the Advisory and Drafting Branch, Legal, International and Regulatory Affairs Division, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra.\n\nCompilation No. 14.\n\nContents\n\nSection 82.1 (Conditions on Air Operators’ Certificates authorising commercial glider passenger operations)\n\nPage\n\n1...Application of conditions....................................................\n\n1A..Definition...............................................................\n\n2...Obligations in relation to organisation and facilities.................................\n\n2A..Loading................................................................\n\n6...Obligations in relation to operating different aircraft models...........................\n\n7...Obligations in relation to AOC Holder’s Safety Questionnaire..........................\n\nAppendix 1..............................................................\n\n....Notes to Civil Aviation Order 82.1..............................................\n\nSection 82.1\n\nConditions on Air Operators’ Certificates authorising commercial glider passenger operations\n\n1 Application of conditions\n\n1.1 This section applies to certificates authorising the operation of a glider for the purpose prescribed by paragraph 206 (c) of CAR.\n\n1.2 For the purposes of paragraph 28BA (1) (b) of the Act, each certificate authorising the operation of a glider for the purpose prescribed by paragraph 206 (c) of CAR is subject to the condition that the obligations set out in this section are complied with.\n\n1.3 The condition and obligations set out in this section are in addition to the conditions set out in section 82.0.\n\n1A Definition\n\n1A.1 In this section:\n\n> approved loading system means a system prepared by an operator in accordance with the requirements of Civil Aviation Order 100.7, and approved by CASA or the holder of an appropriate and valid Weight Control Authority for ensuring that an aircraft is loaded within approved limits at all times during flight.\n\n2 Obligations in relation to organisation and facilities\n\n2.1 Each operator must provide sufficient qualified personnel to operate the services proposed by the operator.\n\n2.2 Each operator must establish a position of Chief Pilot and appoint a person to that position.\n\n2.3 CASA may, having regard to the size of the organisation or the nature and scope of services of an operator:\n\n(a) require the operator to provide additional supervisory positions; or\n\n(b) approve the allocation of the duties and responsibilities associated with more than 1 position to 1 person.\n\n2.4 Each operator must provide and maintain facilities and documentation sufficient to enable the operator to conduct services with safety and in compliance with Appendix 1\\. The scale of the facilities and documentation required of each operator may vary according to the size and scope of the operation.\n\n2.4A Each operator must provide an operations manual for the use and guidance of the operations personnel of the operator.\n\n> Note Before 2 December 2021, this requirement was in subregulation 215 (1) of CAR.\n\n2.4B Each operator must ensure that the operations manual contains such information, procedures and instructions with respect to the flight operations of all types of aircraft operated by the operator as are necessary to ensure the safe conduct of the flight operations (other than information, procedures or instructions that are set out in other documents required to be carried in the aircraft under CAR and CASR).\n\n> Note Before 2 December 2021, this requirement was in subregulation 215 (2) of CAR.\n\n2.4C Each operator must revise the operations manual from time to time where necessary as the result of changes in the operator’s operations, aircraft or equipment, or in the light of experience.\n\n> Note Before 2 December 2021, this requirement was in subregulation 215 (5) of CAR.\n\n2.4D Each operator must ensure that all amendments to the operations manual are incorporated in all copies of the operations manual kept within the operator’s organisation and that copies of those amendments are forwarded to all persons to whom copies of the operations manual have been provided in accordance with paragraph 2.5.\n\n> Note Before 2 December 2021, this requirement was in subregulation 215 (8) of CAR.\n\n2.4E For regulation 11.245 of CASR, each member of the operations personnel of the operator must comply with all instructions contained in the operations manual insofar as they relate to the member’s duties or activities.\n\n> Note Before 2 December 2021, this requirement was in subregulation 215 (9) of CAR.\n\n2.4F The direction in paragraph 2.4E ceases to be in force at the end of 1 December 2031.\n\n2.5 Each operator must include in the operator’s operations manual so much of the information set out in CASA’s publication ‘Guide to the preparation of Operations Manuals’ that is relevant to the operator’s operations and must provide copies of the manual to all operating crew members employed by the operator.\n\n2A Loading\n\n2A.1 Where an aircraft has an approved loading system, the operator and the pilot in command must ensure that the aircraft is loaded at all times in accordance with that system.\n\n> Note 1 Before 2 December 2021, this requirement was in subsection 3 of Civil Aviation Order 20.16.1.\n\n> Note 2 Civil Aviation Order 100.7 requires all aircraft, except balloons, to have a loading system unless it can be shown that the aircraft cannot possibly be loaded so that its centre of the gravity falls outside the approved range, observing all limitations on compartment loads.\n\n> Note 3 Some acceptable types of loading systems are given in the CASA publication titled Weight Control of Aircraft. Where the necessary limitations can be presented in placard form, such placards prominently displayed in the aircraft may be an acceptable type of loading system.\n\n2A.2 When passengers are carried, the operator or the operator’s representative must compile a passenger list and leave it for retention at the aerodrome of departure. The list must contain the aircraft registration, the names of passengers carried, the date and estimated time of departure, and the places of embarkation and destination.\n\n> Note Before 2 December 2021, this requirement was in subsection 7 of Civil Aviation Order 20.16.1.\n\n6 Obligations in relation to operating different aircraft models\n\n6.1 This subsection applies to each operator who holds a certificate authorising operations in an aircraft identified in the certificate by:\n\n(a) manufacturer and type only; or\n\n(b) aircraft class only.\n\n6.2 The operator must ensure that:\n\n(a) the operations manual contains current and appropriate operating information, procedures and instructions (the specific instructions) for each aircraft type and model operated; and\n\n(b) before a pilot operates an aircraft, the chief pilot is satisfied that the pilot:\n\n(i) is competent to operate the aircraft in accordance with the specific instructions for the aircraft type and model; and\n\n(ii) understands the differences in each model of the aircraft type operated by the operator; and\n\n(c) the operations manual, the maintenance control manual or other airworthiness control document contains appropriate maintenance control instructions for each aircraft type and model operated.\n\n6.3 A current pilot operating handbook (POH) or aircraft flight manual (AFM) for the aircraft type and model when attached to the operations manual is taken to contain the specific instructions.\n\n6.4 However, if the specific instructions in the POH or AFM do not contain instructions to ensure compliance with the Australian legislative requirements for operations of the aircraft type and model, these instructions must be stated in the operations manual.\n\n6.5 In this subsection:\n\n> appropriate means sufficiently detailed to enable the safe operation of the aircraft type and model in accordance with the Australian legislative requirements.\n\n> Australian legislative requirements means the requirements of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and the Civil Aviation Orders.\n\n7 Obligations in relation to AOC Holder’s Safety Questionnaire\n\n7.1 CASA may in writing or by electronic means or by facsimile ask an AOC holder to complete an AOC Holder’s Safety Questionnaire (AHSQ) by accurately answering all questions in the AHSQ.\n\n7.2 Each AOC holder must:\n\n(a) comply with the request; and\n\n(b) ensure that the AHSQ is completed and submitted not later than 28 days after being asked by CASA.\n\n7.3 An AOC holder may before the end of the 28 day period apply in writing to CASA for an extension.\n\n7.4 CASA may grant the extension subject to conditions.\n\nAppendix 1\n\nParagraph 2.4\n\nFacilities and documentation\n\n1 Facilities\n\n1.1 Each operator must provide and maintain at least the following facilities:\n\n(a) an operating headquarters through which CASA may communicate with the person or persons responsible for any aspect of the operations conducted under the terms of the operator’s certificate;\n\n(b) buildings, at each place where operating crew are based, of adequate size and suitable for the conduct of the operator’s operations.\n\n2 Documentation\n\n2.1 Each operator must provide a reference library of operational documents which is readily available to all operating crews and which includes:\n\n(a) a copy of the Act, the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and those Parts of the Civil Aviation Orders and Manuals of Standards that apply to the operator’s operations; and\n\n(b) those parts of the Aeronautical Information Publications that are relevant to the class of operations conducted by the operator; and\n\n(c) an operations manual; and\n\n(d) if the carriage of dangerous goods is intended — a dangerous goods manual or an operations manual supplement.\n\n2.2 Each operator who distributes operational documents to flight crews and other operating staff must maintain records of that distribution and must provide an amendment system for such documents.\n\n2.3 Each operator must maintain:\n\n(a) up-to-date records showing the recent experience status of each flight crew member and the currency of licences, ratings and endorsements held by each member; and\n\n(b) up-to-date records showing the flight time and duty time achieved by each flight crew member during the immediately preceding 7 consecutive days, 30 consecutive days and 365 days and during each fortnight standing alone for the preceding 12 months.\n\n2.4 Each operator must maintain a training file in respect of each flight crew member, recording at least:\n\n(a) each ground training course completed or attempted, including the results for each phase or subject and the final assessment of the standard achieved; and\n\n(b) each endorsement training course completed or attempted, including the results of each phase of training, the number of times each exercise was undertaken and the results of each test or check; and\n\n(c) each flight or simulator proficiency check completed or attempted, including the results of each phase of training, the number of times each exercise was undertaken and the results of each check; and\n\n(d) each period of training, other than training referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), undertaken in an aircraft or simulator, including the exercises completed or attempted, and an assessment of the standard achieved.\n\n2.5 Each operator must provide the following documentation:\n\n(a) copies of expired maintenance releases and approved trip records for all aircraft covering the immediately preceding 12 months of operation, where applicable;\n\n(c) copies of passenger lists as required by paragraph 2A.2 for the immediately preceding 3 months of operations;\n\n(g) for a leased aircraft — details of the lease conditions to enable CASA to:\n\n(i) assess the arrangements for operational control of the aircraft; and\n\n(ii) assess the arrangements for the maintenance of the aircraft; and\n\n(iii) ensure that the aircraft meets airworthiness requirements.\n\n> Notes to Civil Aviation Order 82.1\n\n> Note 1\n\n> Note: The Civil Aviation Order (in force under the Civil Aviation Act 1988) as shown in this compilation comprises Civil Aviation Order 82.1 amended as indicated in the Tables below.\n\n> Note: > Note: Table of Orders\n\n| Year andnumber                                                                        | Date of notificationin Gazette/registration on FRLI | Date ofcommencement         | Application, saving ortransitional provisions |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |\n| CAO 2004 No. R53                                                                      | 23 December 2004                                    | 23 December 2004 (see s. 2) |                                               |\n| CAO 2005 No. 1                                                                        | FRLI 27 January 2005                                | 28 January 2005(see s. 1)   |                                               |\n| CAO 2005 No. 3                                                                        | FRLI 18 March 2005                                  | 19 March 2005(see s. 1)     |                                               |\n| CAO 82.1 2005 No. 1                                                                   | FRLI 25 July 2005                                   | 26 July 2005(see s. 2)      |                                               |\n| CAO 82.1 2006 No. 2                                                                   | FRLI 6 January 2006                                 | 7 January 2006(see s. 2)    |                                               |\n| CAO 82.1 2006 No. 3                                                                   | FRLI 25 May 2006                                    | 26 May 2006(see s. 2)       |                                               |\n| CAO 82.1 2007 No. 1                                                                   | FRLI 18 June 2007                                   | 19 June 2007(see s. 2)      |                                               |\n| CAO 82.1 2007 No. 2                                                                   | FRLI 30 October 2007                                | 31 October 2007(see s. 2)   |                                               |\n| CAO 82.1 2009 No. 1                                                                   | FRLI 5 March 2009                                   | 6 March 2009(see s. 2)      |                                               |\n| CAO 82.1 2009 No. 2                                                                   | FRLI 22 December 2009                               | 23 December 2009(see s. 2)  |                                               |\n| CAO 82.1 2010 No. 1                                                                   | FRLI 12 April 2010                                  | 13 April 2010(see s. 2)     |                                               |\n| CAO 82.1 2011 No. 1                                                                   | FRLI 13 January 2012                                | 14 January 2012(see s. 2)   |                                               |\n| CAO 82.1 2014 No. 1                                                                   | FRLI 21 May 2014                                    | 22 May 2014(see s. 2)       |                                               |\n| Civil Aviation Legislation Amdt & Repeal (ATSOs) Instrument 2017                      | FRL 30 November 2017(F2017L01553)                   | 30 November 2017(see s. 2)  |                                               |\n| Civil Aviation Order (Flight Operations) Repeal and Amendment Instrument 2021 (No. 1) | FRL 1 December 2021(F2021L01680)                    | 2 December 2021(see s. 2)   |                                               |\n\n```html\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"width:84.5%; border-collapse:collapse\"><thead><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:381.6pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmendHead\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid\"><span class=\"CharENotesHeading\" style=\"font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold\">Table of Amendments</span></p><p class=\"TableOfAmendHead\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid\"><span>ad. = added or inserted</span><span> </span><span>am. = amended</span><span> </span><span>rep. = repealed</span><span> </span><span>rs. = repealed and substituted</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-top:6pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:6pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid\"><span>Provision affected</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-top:6pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:6pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid\"><span>How affected</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:normal\"><span>s. 82.1</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmendHead\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:normal; font-size:9pt\"><span>rs. CAO 2004 No. R53</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>CAO title</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>am. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>subs. 1</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>am. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>subs. 1A</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>ad. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>subs. 2</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>am. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>subs. 2A</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>ad. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>subs. 3</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p style=\"margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">rep. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>subs. 4</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p style=\"margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">rep. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>subs. 5</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-left:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal\"><span>am. CAO 2005 No. 1; CAO 2005 No. 3; CAO 82.1 2007 No. 1; CAO 82.1 2009 No. 1; CAO 82.1 2011 No. 1</span></p><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-left:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal\"><span>rep. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>subs. 6</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>ad. CAO 82.1 2005 No. 1</span></p><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>am. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>subs. 7</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>ad. CAO 82.1 2007 No. 2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>Appendix 1</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>am. CAO 82.1 2010 No. 1, F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>Appendix 2</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>am. CAO 82.1 2006 No. 2; CAO 82.1 2006 No. 3</span></p><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>rep. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>Appendix 3</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>ad. CAO 82.1 2009 No. 1</span></p><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-left:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal\"><span>am. CAO 82.1 2009 No. 2; CAO 82.1 2011 No. 1; CAO 82.1 2014 No. 1; F2017L01553</span></p><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-left:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal\"><span>rep. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>Appendix 3A</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>ad. CAO 82.1 2011 No. 1</span></p><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>rep. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:121.35pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>Appendix 4</span></p></td><td style=\"width:249.45pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>ad. CAO 82.1 2009 No. 1</span></p><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>rs. CAO 82.1 2009 No. 2</span></p><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>am. CAO 82.1 2011 No. 1; F2017L01553</span></p><p class=\"TableOfAmend\" style=\"margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal\"><span>rep. F2021L01680</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>\n```","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has significantly contracted in scope compared to its original 2004 form. The 2021 amendments repealed entire subsections (3, 4, 5) and multiple appendices (2, 3, 3A, and 4) that previously contained detailed operational requirements. What began as a comprehensive operational code has been stripped back to core organisational and documentation obligations, with many specific flight operations rules removed or relocated elsewhere. The current version is a leaner instrument focused on certification conditions rather than detailed operational prescriptions."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to other legislation (Civil Aviation Act 1988, CAR 1988, CASR 1998, other Civil Aviation Orders)","Nested conditions in section 2.3 allowing CASA discretion to modify staffing requirements","Sunset clause in paragraph 2.4F with specific expiry date (1 December 2031) for one operational requirement","Historical notes indicating legislative migration (requirements moved from repealed regulations into this Order in 2021)","Multiple appendix references (though Appendices 2-4 were repealed in 2021, leaving only Appendix 1)","Defined terms requiring external knowledge ('approved loading system' references CAO 100.7, 'paragraph 206(c) of CAR')"],"plain_english_summary":"This Civil Aviation Order sets out the specific rules that commercial glider operators must follow to keep their Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) valid. It applies to businesses that take paying passengers for glider flights.\n\n**Key requirements include:**\n\n*   **Staffing:** Operators must employ enough qualified people, including a Chief Pilot. CASA can demand extra supervisors or allow one person to hold multiple roles depending on the size of the operation.\n*   **Operations Manual:** Operators must create, maintain, and distribute a manual containing safety procedures and flight instructions. Crew must follow it, and it must be kept up to date.\n*   **Loading Safety:** Gliders must be loaded according to an approved system to ensure they remain balanced in flight. When carrying passengers, a list must be left at the departure aerodrome showing who is on board.\n*   **Aircraft Models:** If an operator flies different types or models of gliders, they must ensure pilots are trained and competent for each specific model, and that the operations manual covers each one.\n*   **Facilities and Records:** Operators need a headquarters, suitable buildings, a library of aviation regulations, and detailed records of crew training, flight hours, and maintenance.\n*   **Safety Reporting:** CASA can require operators to complete a safety questionnaire within 28 days.\n\n**Why it matters:** This Order ensures that commercial glider rides are conducted safely by enforcing organisational standards, proper documentation, and accountability. It protects passengers by making sure operators are properly structured and that pilots are competent on the specific aircraft they fly."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Compared with an original purpose narrowly limited to imposing safety conditions on glider passenger AOCs, this compilation has broadened and consolidated scope in several concrete ways: it imports and embeds operations-manual obligations previously located in CAR (see s.2.4A–2.4E and notes), formalises an AOC Holder’s Safety Questionnaire process (ss.7.1–7.4), adds prescriptive loading and passenger-list duties (ss.2A.1–2A.2), and sets out detailed documentation and record-keeping requirements in Appendix 1. These additions increase administrative and compliance obligations on operators and give CASA additional oversight tools and discretionary powers (s.2.3; s.7). The result is a CAO that not only sets safety conditions but also specifies organisational structure, documentation standards and timely regulatory reporting that go beyond a minimal safety-condition instrument."},"complexity_factors":["7 substantive sections (1, 1A, 2, 2A, 6, 7 and Appendix 1) with multiple subclauses","1 defined term in the section (approved loading system, s.1A.1)","Cross-references to multiple external instruments: Civil Aviation Order 100.7 (loading), Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, Civil Aviation Orders and CASA guidance (s.2A notes; s.6.5; Appendix 1)","Nested operational requirements and exceptions (e.g. POH/AFM sufficient unless they don’t meet Australian requirements, then operations manual must fill gaps — s.6.3–6.4)","Time‑limited provision (s.2.4F ceases 1 December 2031) adding temporal complexity","Detailed record-keeping windows and multiple types of records required (Appendix 1, paras 2.3–2.5)","CASA discretion points (may require extra supervisory positions or approve combined duties — s.2.3; may grant conditional extensions for AHSQ — s.7.4)","Administrative deadlines and processes (AHSQ to be returned within 28 days with possible extension — s.7.1–7.4)","Multiple amendment and repeal notes in the compilation history increasing interpretive effort for prior versions (Table of Amendments)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- Applies to any Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) that authorises the operation of a glider for commercial passenger carrying (see s.1.1–1.3).\n- Makes compliance with the listed organisational, operational and record-keeping obligations a condition of those AOCs (s.1.2).\n- Requires each operator to provide sufficient qualified staff, establish and appoint a Chief Pilot, and (at CASA’s discretion) provide other supervisory positions or combine duties where appropriate (s.2.1–2.3).\n- Requires operators to provide and maintain facilities and documentation scaled to the size and scope of their operation, including an operations manual that must contain the necessary information, procedures and instructions for safe flight operations, and that must be kept up to date and distributed to operating crew (s.2.4, 2.4A–2.4E, 2.5).\n- Requires the use of an approved loading system (if the aircraft has one) and mandates that operator and pilot-in-command ensure the aircraft is loaded in accordance with it (s.2A.1). When passengers are carried, the operator must compile and leave a passenger list at the departure aerodrome (s.2A.2).\n- Where an operator’s AOC covers aircraft by manufacturer/type only or class only, the operator must ensure the operations manual contains type/model-specific operating instructions, that pilots are competent for each model before flying it, and that maintenance/airworthiness documentation contains appropriate instructions for each type/model (s.6.1–6.5).\n- Gives CASA the power to request completion of an AOC Holder’s Safety Questionnaire (AHSQ); the AOC holder must return it within 28 days unless an extension is granted by CASA (s.7.1–7.4).\n- Appendix 1 sets minimum facilities and documentation an operator must maintain, including a headquarters for communication with CASA, base buildings for crew, a reference library with statutes/regulations, operations manuals, training and flight/duty-time records and certain maintenance and lease documents (Appendix 1, paras 1–2.5).\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Primary: holders of Air Operator’s Certificates that authorise commercial glider passenger operations (AOC holders). They must organise staff, appoint a Chief Pilot, produce and maintain an operations manual, maintain records and facilities, and comply with loading and passenger-list rules (see ss.1–2A, 6, Appendix 1).\n- Secondary: operating crew (must be given the operations manual and comply with its instructions — s.2.4E), the Chief Pilot (responsible for ensuring pilot competence — s.6.2(b)), CASA (gains oversight tools such as the AHSQ — s.7), and aerodrome staff (retain passenger lists — s.2A.2).\n\n**Why it matters (official purpose-claims and an operational test of those claims)**\n\n- Official purpose-claim: the instrument sets minimum organisational, procedural and documentation conditions on glider passenger AOCs to ensure flights are conducted safely and in line with Australian aviation legislation (see s.1.2 and multiple operational requirements scattered through ss.2–7 and Appendix 1).\n\n- Testing that claim against costs, incentives and trade-offs:\n  - Compliance costs and administrative burden: operators must prepare and maintain a detailed operations manual, maintain training and flight/duty-time records (Appendix 1, paras 2.3–2.4), and produce documents on request (s.7). Small operators are likely to bear relatively higher proportionate costs because the rules scale documentation and facilities to the size of operation but still require minimum records and manuals (s.2.4, Appendix 1).\n  - Incentives and decision-making: the Chief Pilot role centralises operational competence assessments and day-to-day operational direction (s.2.2; s.6.2(b)). CASA’s discretion to require additional supervisory positions or to approve multiple-role allocation (s.2.3) gives the regulator flexibility to adapt oversight to organisation size but also creates regulatory discretion that operators must meet.\n  - Safety vs. administrative trade-off: requirements such as an approved loading system (s.2A.1) and model-specific procedures and competency checks (s.6.2) are targeted at operational safety. The trade-off is increased record-keeping, paperwork, and potential training costs for operators.\n  - Oversight and responsiveness: CASA’s ability to request an AHSQ with a 28‑day return deadline (s.7.1–7.2), and to grant conditional extensions (s.7.3–7.4), gives the regulator a timely information-gathering tool; that supports oversight but imposes an administrative responsiveness requirement on operators.\n  - Regulatory interactions and potential for compliance complexity: the Order cross-references other instruments (e.g., Civil Aviation Order 100.7 on loading systems and the Civil Aviation Regulations and Civil Aviation Safety Regulations for legislative requirements — s.2A notes; s.6.5). Operators must therefore interpret and apply multiple instruments together.\n\n**Key implementation and operational points to watch**\n\n- The operations manual obligations were moved into this instrument from CAR subregulation 215 (see notes in s.2.4A–2.4E). That centralises operational procedures within the CAO framework.\n- The direction requiring members of operations personnel to comply with the operations manual (s.2.4E) is time-limited and ceases on 1 December 2031 (s.2.4F).\n- Where manufacturers’ documents (POH/AFM) do not address Australian legislative requirements, operators must explicitly state the missing instructions in their operations manual (s.6.4).\n- Appendix 1 specifies concrete record-keeping windows (e.g., flight time/duty time over 7/30/365 days and each fortnight in the last 12 months — Appendix 1, para 2.3(b)), which can be operationally significant for rostering and pilot availability.\n\n**Bottom line**\n\nThis CAO makes AOC-holders for glider passenger operations responsible for formal organisational structures (Chief Pilot), documented operational procedures (an operations manual that is kept current and distributed), approved loading and passenger-list practices, type/model-specific procedures and competence checks, robust record-keeping and timely responses to CASA information requests. Mechanically it embeds both safety-focused operational requirements and administrative oversight tools that operators must resource and manage (see ss.1–7 and Appendix 1)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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