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CASA 45/17 - Direction — number of cabin attendants (Sunstate Airlines)

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This temporary safety exemption let Sunstate Airlines operate Dash 8‑400 (Q400) aircraft with one cabin crew member per 50 passenger seats (up to 78 seats), departing from the usual crew requirements. In return Sunstate could not alter its emergency procedures or related passenger/exit protocols without CASA’s written permission. The exemption ran from 1 June 2017 to 31 May 2019.

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CASA 45/17 - Direction — number of cabin attendants (Sunstate Airlines)

Instrument number CASA 45/17

I, GRAEME MILLS CRAWFORD, Aviation Group Manager, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed G.M. Crawford]

Graeme M. Crawford
Aviation Group Manager

26 May 2017

Direction — number of cabin attendants (Sunstate Airlines)

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 June 2017; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 31 May 2019.

2 Application

This instrument applies to Sunstate Airlines (Qld) Pty Limited, ARN 065667 (Sunstate Airlines), if it operates DHC8-400 series aircraft with a type certificate data sheet that provides for a maximum seating capacity of 78 passengers (the aircraft) in charter or regular public transport operations.

3 Directions

(1)Subparagraph 6.1 (b) of Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3, as in force from time to time, does not apply to Sunstate Airlines.

(2)Sunstate Airlines must assign for duty at least 1 cabin attendant for every 50 passenger seats or part of that number fitted to the aircraft.

(3)These directions are subject to the condition in section 4.

4 Condition

Sunstate Airlines must not, without the prior written approval of CASA, revise any part of its operations manual relating to emergency procedures, including exits or the procedures relating to able-bodied passengers.

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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