Part 25CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS

CHAPTER 25 CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS

25.01 Purpose

For subregulation 131.455 (1), this Chapter prescribes requirements relating to the carriage of passengers on a flight of a Part 131 aircraft, including:

(a) the maximum number of passengers that may be carried for the flight of a Part 131 aircraft; and

(b) the location of passengers on the Part 131 aircraft for the flight.

25.02 Application

This Chapter applies to the carriage of passengers on a Part 131 aircraft engaged in 1 of the following (a passenger operation):

(a) balloon transport operations;

(b) specialised balloon operations;

(c) a Part 131 recreational activity;

(d) balloon flying training.

25.03 Maximum number of passengers

The maximum number of passengers that may be carried is as follows:

(a) for a balloon transport operation or a Part 131 recreational activity — 24;

(b) for a Part 131 recreational activity that is a cost-sharing flight — 5;

Note This paragraph, along with the definition of cost-sharing in subsection 1.06 (5), is intended to have, for a Part 131 aircraft, the same effect as the definition of cost-sharing in the CASR Dictionary has for other aircraft — namely, that only up to 6 persons, including the pilot, may be carried.

(c) for balloon flying training conducted under Part 5 of CAR — 6;

(d) if the operator of a specialised balloon operation holds an approval for the operation under regulation 131.035 for subregulation 131.325 (2) — the number or passengers specified by CASA in the approval.

25.04 Pilot in command communications with passengers

If the Part 131 aircraft has more than 2 passenger compartments, the pilot in command must be able to effectively communicate with all passenger compartments from the control position for the aircraft.

25.05 Location of passengers

(1) Each passenger must be located in a position from which it is possible to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command.

(2) If the Part 131 aircraft has multiple passenger compartments, then:

(a) an approximately equal weight of passengers must be located in each passenger compartment; but

(b) the number of passengers located in any single passenger compartment must not exceed the applicable number specified in the aircraft flight manual.

25.06 Carriage of children as passengers

A child must be accompanied by an adult.

Note In the CASR Dictionary, child means a person who has turned 2 but has not turned 13; and infant means a person who has not turned 2. Under regulation 131.400, an infant must not be carried on a Part 131 aircraft if the operator does not hold a CASA approval under regulation 131.035 to carry the infant.