CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988
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This instrument exempts Australian Airlines Limited from paragraphs 218(1)(a) and (b) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 and instead requires the airline to operate under its own documented route‑qualification system (Schedule 1). The operator must set route‑complexity criteria, categorise aerodromes, provide training and keep records, and ensure pilots keep route qualifications current (annual trip or re‑qualification). Compliance costs, training and record‑keeping fall to the operator; CASA retains oversight via the exemption conditions (Schedule 1, cls 1–9).
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EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS 218 (1) (a) AND (b)
I, ARTHUR JOHN WHITE, General Manager, Airline Operations, a delegate of CASA, under subregulation 218 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988), exempt
Australian Airlines Limited, Aviation Reference Number 582843,
from the requirements of paragraphs 218 (1) (a) and (b), subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 1.
(a) criteria to assess the complexity of routes used by it in regular public transport operations; and
(b) the methods that are to be used to instruct operating crews to qualify to fly on those routes (the route qualification process); and
(c) the level of knowledge and understanding required for route qualification.
(a) defines each category by reference to its level of complexity; and
(b) specifies the level of knowledge and understanding required for each category when carrying out the route qualification process.
(a) in the case of the least complex category:
(i) knowledge of generally available aeronautical information and documentation; and
(ii) completion of instruction on the information and documentation that is sufficient to gain understanding of the requirements for operation to an aerodrome in that category; and
(b) in the case of more complex categories — the knowledge and understanding referred to in paragraph (a), together with any additional information, documentation and instruction, including training, where necessary, in an aircraft or a synthetic flight trainer, that is required for operation to an aerodrome in that category.
(a) is considered by the operator to have successfully undergone the route qualification process for the route to be flown; and
(b) has an adequate knowledge of those matters referred to in clauses 6 and 7; and
(c) in accordance with clause 8, holds a current route qualification.
The operator must maintain records for each route that it uses for regular public transport operations, showing how any pilot that it intends to use as pilot in command on those operations satisfies the requirements of clause 4.
For the purposes of paragraph 4 (b), the pilot in command must have an adequate knowledge and understanding, in relation to the route to be used, of the following matters:
(a) the terrain;
(b) the seasonal meteorological conditions;
(c) the meteorological, communication and air traffic facilities, the airspace structure and air traffic services and procedures;
(d) the search and rescue procedures;
(e) the navigational facilities and procedures, including long-range navigation procedures, associated with the route.
(a) its physical characteristics;
(b) its layout;
(c) the aerodrome lighting;
(d) the obstacles;
(e) the approach aids;
(f) the arrival, departure, holding and instrument approach procedures;
(g) the applicable operating minima.
(a) make at least one trip between the terminal points of the route as a member of the flight crew, or as a check pilot, or as an observer on the flight deck; or
(b) if paragraph (a) is not complied with, successfully undergo the route qualification process.
[Signed Arthur J. White]
Arthur J White
General Manager
Airline Operations
14 October 2002
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EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS 218 (1) (a) AND (b)
I, ARTHUR JOHN WHITE, General Manager, Airline Operations, a delegate of CASA, under subregulation 218 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988), exempt
Australian Airlines Limited, Aviation Reference Number 582843,
from the requirements of paragraphs 218 (1) (a) and (b), subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 1.
(a) criteria to assess the complexity of routes used by it in regular public transport operations; and
(b) the methods that are to be used to instruct operating crews to qualify to fly on those routes (the route qualification process); and
(c) the level of knowledge and understanding required for route qualification.
(a) defines each category by reference to its level of complexity; and
(b) specifies the level of knowledge and understanding required for each category when carrying out the route qualification process.
(a) in the case of the least complex category:
(i) knowledge of generally available aeronautical information and documentation; and
(ii) completion of instruction on the information and documentation that is sufficient to gain understanding of the requirements for operation to an aerodrome in that category; and
(b) in the case of more complex categories — the knowledge and understanding referred to in paragraph (a), together with any additional information, documentation and instruction, including training, where necessary, in an aircraft or a synthetic flight trainer, that is required for operation to an aerodrome in that category.
(a) is considered by the operator to have successfully undergone the route qualification process for the route to be flown; and
(b) has an adequate knowledge of those matters referred to in clauses 6 and 7; and
(c) in accordance with clause 8, holds a current route qualification.
The operator must maintain records for each route that it uses for regular public transport operations, showing how any pilot that it intends to use as pilot in command on those operations satisfies the requirements of clause 4.
For the purposes of paragraph 4 (b), the pilot in command must have an adequate knowledge and understanding, in relation to the route to be used, of the following matters:
(a) the terrain;
(b) the seasonal meteorological conditions;
(c) the meteorological, communication and air traffic facilities, the airspace structure and air traffic services and procedures;
(d) the search and rescue procedures;
(e) the navigational facilities and procedures, including long-range navigation procedures, associated with the route.
(a) its physical characteristics;
(b) its layout;
(c) the aerodrome lighting;
(d) the obstacles;
(e) the approach aids;
(f) the arrival, departure, holding and instrument approach procedures;
(g) the applicable operating minima.
(a) make at least one trip between the terminal points of the route as a member of the flight crew, or as a check pilot, or as an observer on the flight deck; or
(b) if paragraph (a) is not complied with, successfully undergo the route qualification process.
[Signed Arthur J. White]
Arthur J White
General Manager
Airline Operations
14 October 2002