Part 133 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Rotorcraft) Manual of Standards 2020
11.01Purpose of Chapter 11 etc.
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11.01 Purpose of Chapter 11 etc.
(1) This Chapter prescribes requirements for subregulation 133.360(1) of CASR. (2) The requirements apply to the rotorcraft’s operator, unless a provision of this Chapter states that a requirement applies to another person, in which case it applies to the operator and other person. (3) In addition to the operator, the requirements stated in the following provisions also apply to the pilot in command of the rotorcraft: (a) subsections 11.13(3) to (5); (b) subsection 11.15(2); (c) paragraph 11.36(3)(b); (d) subsections 11.49(3) and (4); (e) subsections 11.54(1) to (7); (f) subsections 11.55(1) and (2). (4) A person other than the operator, or, for the provisions mentioned in subsection (3), the pilot in command, may also be subject to a requirement stated in a provision of this Chapter, as stated in the provision setting out the requirement. (5) In this Chapter, unless the contrary intention appears in, or for, a particular provision: (a) a reference to a pilot seeing, or viewing, anything from a pilot’s seat is taken to mean that the thing is seen or viewed from the pilot’s normal sitting position in the seat; and (b) any mention of feet (or ft) in the context of an altitude is taken to mean feet above mean sea level (AMSL), unless otherwise stated.