1CASA 95/16 - Direction — number of cabin attendants (Alliance Airlines Pty Limited)

Instrument number CASA 95/16

I, GERARD JOHN CAMPBELL, Safety Assurance Senior Manager, Aviation Group, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed G.J. Campbell]

Gerard J. Campbell
Safety Assurance Senior Manager
Aviation Group

25 August 2016

Direction — number of cabin attendants (Alliance Airlines Pty Limited)

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 September 2016; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 31 August 2018.

2 Application

This instrument applies to a Fokker F27 Mark 050 series type aircraft operated by Alliance Airlines Pty Limited, Aviation Reference Number 593564 (the operator), if the aircraft is operated for a purpose mentioned in paragraph 206 (1) (b) or (c) of CAR 1988.

3 Direction

(1) Subparagraph 6.1 (b) of Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 does not apply to the aircraft in relation to the operations.

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

4 Conditions

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

Schedule 1 Conditions

1 During take-off and landing and in prepared emergencies, the operator of the aircraft must ensure that a cabin attendant is positioned in the crew seat adjacent to the aft doors that serve as emergency exits for the aircraft.

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

3 The operator of the aircraft must ensure that arrangements for seating and briefing of passengers on the aircraft are in accordance with procedures set out in the operator’s operations manual.

4 The operator must include a copy of this direction in the operator’s operations manual.