1CASA 428/09 – Direction – number of cabin attendants

Instrument number CASA 428/09

I, MICHAEL DAVID QUINN, Deputy Director of Aviation Safety, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed M.D. Quinn]

Mick Quinn
Deputy Director of Aviation Safety

29 September 2009

Direction — number of cabin attendants

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 October 2009; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 August 2011.

2 Application

This instrument applies to the aircraft mentioned in section 3 that is:

(a) operated by Capiteq Limited, trading as Airnorth, Aviation Reference Number 518845 (the operator); and

(b) engaged in regular public transport and charter operations.

3 Direction

In spite of subparagraph 6.1 (b) of Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 (CAO 20.16.3), the operator may operate an Australian registered Embraer 170/100 series aircraft with a type certificate data sheet that provides for a maximum seating capacity of 78 passengers if there is 1 cabin attendant for every 50 passenger seats or part of that number.

Note CAO 20.16.3 applies in all other respects to an aircraft referred to in this section.

4 Conditions

The direction is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Conditions

1 During the aircraft take-off, landing operation and in prepared emergencies, a cabin attendant must be positioned in the crew seat adjacent to the forward and aft entrance doors which serve as emergency exits.

2 The operator must ensure that the aircraft can be evacuated in 90 seconds.

3 Arrangements for the seating and briefing of passengers must be in accordance with procedures set out in the operator’s operations manual and approved by CASA.