Annual Report 2006–07

Appendix 3
Operating statistics

Table 14 – Aerodromes as at 30 June 2005–06 and 2006–07

	2005–06	2006–07
Certified	150	157
Registered	141	138
Transitioninga	0	0
Total	291	295

a Under the new CASR Part 139, aerodromes are certified, registered or hold ‘other’ status as an aeroplane landing ground. Transitional provisions apply to aerodromes that were licensed when the new legislation came into effect on 2 May 2003. Regulatory transitions are now complete.

Table 15 – Aircraft registrations, 2003–04 to 2006–07

	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
Initial registrations	487	497	630	671
Changes of registration holder	1,176	567	766	1,410a
Changes of property interest holder	1,611	678	1,261	–
Cancellations of registration	256	258	759	191
Changes of registration marksb	11	87	95	119
Reservations of registration marks	1,440	1,027	1,484	1,390
Re-issues of certificates of registrationc	1,261	1,490	236	22
Aircraft registered as at 30 June	12,160	12,401	12,672	12,718
Marks reserved as at 30 June	1,098	954	752	1,350

a Under the legislative and reporting requirements of the new CASR Part 49, this figure includes data previously reported under the category ‘Changes of property interest holder’.

b Due to the certificate of registration holder ceasing to be an entitled person, dying/ceasing to exist or notifying CASA that they no longer wish to be the certificate of registration holder.

c Due to changes of address, loss, etc.

Table 16 – Average age of the Australian fleet of civil aircraft as at 30 June 2007

S-E = single-engine; M-E = multi-engine; MTOW = maximum take-off weight.

Table 17 – Number of civil aircraft holding a valid certificate of airworthiness as at 30 June 2007

Certificate of airworthiness category	Number
Special certificate of airworthiness
Primary category	7
Intermediate category	0
Restricted category	476
Limited category	214
Amateur built	337
Provisional certificate	0
Experimental certificate	491
Standard certificate of airworthiness
Normal	8,677
Utility	265
Acrobatic	532
Commuter	48
Transport	588
Manned free balloon	293
Special class	52
Light sports aircraft	14
Total	11,994

Note: The difference between the total of aircraft registered (12,718—see Table 15) and the number of aircraft holding certificates of airworthiness (11,994) is 724 aircraft, which either do not yet have a certificate issued or have had their certificate cancelled or suspended under applicable regulatory requirements.

Table 18 – Airworthiness directives and bulletins, 2006–07

Type of directive	Number
Australian airworthiness directive	530
New issue	316
Cancellation	22
Amendment	190
Normal	379
Urgent	151
Australian unique	2
Based on foreign airworthiness directive	528
Exclusion from airworthiness directive	212
Review of airworthiness directive	18
Airworthiness bulletin	45

Table 19 – Certification/airworthiness certificates, authorisations and approvals, 2003–04 to 2006–07

	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
Type certificate
Aeroplanes	4a	4a	2a	2
Lighter than air	1	3	3	1
Rotorcraft	0	1	0	0
Subtotal	5	8	5	3
Type acceptance certificate
Aeroplanes	21	16	7	15 – transport category 10 – other
Lighter than air	5	2	3	n/a
Rotorcraft	4	6	3	n/a
Subtotal	30	24	13	25
Other authorisations, certificates and approvals
Special Flight Authorisation	4	22	26	2
Supplemental Type Certificate	25	11	16	2
Australian Parts Manufacturer Approvalb	12	0	3	52
Australian Technical Standard Order Authorisation	4	5	2	0
Special Flight Permit	17	1	2	2
Experimental Certificate	50	36	55	16
Production Certificate	3	0	2	18
Exclusions against Airworthiness Directives	20	148	195	212
CASR 21.133(2B) Production Certificate	–	1	1	12
Australian Parts Manufacturer Approval Variations	–	6	1	4
Other Production Approvals	–	1	0	35
Maintenance Authority	n/a	n/a	n/a	1

a Includes amendments to type certificate data sheets.

b This figure is for initial issue only. It does not reflect the level of activity; for example, aerostructures and plastics now have some 500 different parts and it is common to process them in batches of about 20 to 40.

Table 20 – Aircraft Service Difficulty Reports

Status	Number
Received in 2006–07	1,686
Closed in 2006–07	2,391
Open as at 30 June 2007a	274

a A Service Difficulty Report may be open because of the requirement to wait for additional information or for investigations to be carried out prior to the final closure of the report.

Air traffic control

Table 21 – Air traffic control licences and ratings, 2005–06 and 2006–07

	2005–06		2006–07		30 June 2007
	New issue	Exchanged	New issue	Exchanged	Total active
Licences	50	53	43	6	1,137
Ratings	93	16	72	9	1,312

Flight operations and personnel

Table 22 – Air operator’s certificates, 2005–06 and 2006–07

Type of application	2005–06		2006–07
	General aviationa	Airline operationsb	General aviationa	Airline operationsb
Initial issue	45	14	40	2
Subsequent issue	338	4	202	6
Subsequent issue with variation	3	9		6
Variation	270	66	230	70
Total	656	93	472	84
Current certificates at 30 June	840	41	843	32

Note: Includes operators involved in one or more of aerial work, charter, charter (cargo), flying training, foreign aircraft (passengers and cargo), foreign aircraft (cargo), scheduled cargo services, scheduled passenger services and unmanned aerial vehicles.

a Processed by the CASA Service Centre. Includes some low-capacity regular public transport operators.

b Processed by CASA airline offices.

Table 23 – Australian flight crew licensing examinations taken in 2006–07

Examination type	Exam code	Total	Pass	% pass
Air Transport Pilot Licence
Air Law – Aeroplane and Helicopter	AALW	725	543	74.90
Aerodynamics and Aircraft Systems – Aeroplane	AASA	691	436	63.10
Aerodynamics and Aircraft Systems – Helicopter	AASH	74	57	77.03
Flight Planning – Aeroplane	AFPA	707	444	62.80
Flight Planning – Helicopter	AFPH	69	54	78.26
Human Factors – Aeroplane and Helicopter	AHUF	613	562	91.68
Meteorology – Aeroplane and Helicopter	AMET	617	579	93.84
Navigation – Aeroplane and Helicopter	ANAV	690	503	72.90
Performance and Loading – Aeroplane	APLA	579	463	79.97
Performance and Loading – Helicopter	APLH	53	43	81.13
Subtotal		4,818	3,684
Commercial Pilot Licence
Aerodynamics – Aeroplane	CADA	1,624	1,086	66.87
Aerodynamics – Helicopter	CADH	283	208	73.50
Operations, Performance and Flight Planning – Aeroplane	CFPA	1,540	1,007	65.39
Operations, Performance and Flight Planning – Helicopter	CFPH	298	197	66.11
Human Factors – Aeroplane and Helicopter	CHUF	1,648	1,323	80.28
Flight Rules and Air Law – Aeroplane	CLWA	1,408	1,071	76.07
Flight Rules and Air Law – Helicopter	CLWH	291	187	64.26
Meteorology – Aeroplane and Helicopter	CMET	1,621	1,363	84.08
Navigation – Aeroplane and Helicopter	CNAV	1,501	1,284	85.54
Aircraft General Knowledge – Aeroplane	CSYA	1,407	1,098	78.04
Aircraft General Knowledge – Helicopter	CSYH	297	221	74.41
Subtotal		11,918	9,045
Private Pilot Licence
Aeroplane Overseas Conversion	PAOS	99	74	74.75
Helicopter Overseas Conversion	PHOS	3	3	100.00
Private Pilot Licence – Aeroplane	PPLA	1,879	1,474	78.45
Private Pilot Licence – Helicopter	PPLH	124	85	68.55
Subtotal		2,105	1,636
Commercial Balloon Pilot Licence		8	3	37.5
Ratings
Grade 1 Flying Instructor	AFR1	133	110	82.71
Agricultural Pilot – Aeroplane	AGRA	17	9	52.94
Agricultural Pilot – Helicopter	AGRH	33	18	54.55
Command Instrument Rating	IREX	1,367	964	70.52
Private Instrument Flight Rules	PIFR	39	25	64.10
Subtotal		1,589	1,126
Total		20,438	15,494

Table 24 – Flight crew licensing examinations, 2003–04 to 2006–07

	2003–04		2004–05		2005–06		2006–07
	Total	% pass	Total	% pass	Total	% pass	Total	% pass
Air Transport Pilot Licence	4,271	72.90	4,312	79.23	4,110	73.80	4,818	76.50
Commercial Pilot Licence	9,422	69.20	9,011	69.91	10,739	76.43	11,918	75.90
Private Pilot Licence	1,897	75.30	1,900	75.20	1,802	78.69	2,105	77.72
Total	15,590		15,223		16,651		18,841

Table 25 – Flight crew licences issued and current at 30 June 2003–04 to 2006–07

	2003–04		2004–05		2005–06		2006–07
Type of licence	Issued	Current	Issued	Current	Issued	Current	Issued	Current
Aeroplane
Air Transport	373	6028	332	6103	378	6,024	488	6,226
Commercial	804	1,303	670	4,220	987	3,712	1,162	3,686
Private	1,342	15,498	1,134	15,014	1,377	15,304	1,279	11,448
Student GFPT	1,628	4,564	1,476	4,449	1,630	3,704	1,138	3,085
Subtotal	4,147	27,393	3,612	29,786	4,372	28,744	4,067	24,445
Helicopter
Air Transport	53	429	33	433	40	500	48	551
Commercial	249	930	185	955	216	1282	212	1,337
Private	102	376	78	388	99	770	103	566
Student GFPT	10	41	6a	15a	4	31	4	9
Subtotal	414	1,776	302	1,791	359	2,583	367	2,463
Other
Commercial balloonb	3	90	6	90	3	96	7	110
Student (no GFPT)	0	0	0	0	4345	5299	3,110	6,038
Flight Engineerc	0	252	0	247	0	0	0	216
Restricted Flight Engineerc	0	738	0	754	4	0	n/ad	n/ad
Subtotal	3	1,080	6	1,091	4,352	5,395	3,117	6,364
Total	4,564	30,249	3,920	32,668	9,083	36,722	7,551	33,272

GFPT = general flying progress test (test taken if a student pilot wishes to be able to take passengers within the training area).

a These figures (6 and 15) differ from those reported in previous annual reports (11 and 43, respectively) due to database coding errors.

b Balloon total current for 2004–05 is an approximation only.

c Flight engineers may also hold another flight crew licence and will be included in both figures.

d Figure not available.

Maintenance organisations and personnel

Table 26 – Certificates of approval, 2005–06 and 2006–07

Type of application	2005–06		2006–07
	General aviationa	Airline operationsb	General aviationa	Airline operationsb
Initial issue	35	9	38	11
Subsequent issue	22	23	34	16
Subsequent issue with variation	2	3	0	13
Variation	77	42	116	36
Total	136	77	188	76
Current certificates at 30 June	641	69	663	80

Note: Includes organisations involved in one or more of aircraft and component maintenance, design (aircraft, components and materials), distribution (components and materials), aircraft maintenance engineer training and examinations.

a Processed by the CASA Service Centre.
b Processed by CASA airline offices.

Table 27 – Aircraft maintenance examinations, 2005–06 and 2006–07

Examination type	2005–06	2006–07
Scheduled examination sittings	4,626	5,724
Special examination sittingsa	1,518	1,554
Category technical competency examinationsb	176	137
Weight control authority examinations	0	0
Total	6,320	7,415

a Special examination sittings may be approved for individuals who are unable to sit an examination at a scheduled sitting date and have a particular reason to sit for an examination for the issue of an aircraft maintenance engineer licence. Training organisations may also seek special sittings to coincide with completion of their courses.

b These examinations are for Australian Defence Force and overseas licence holders only.

Table 28 – Aircraft maintenance engineer licences/ratings, 2003–04 to 2006–07

	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
Licence assessment
Category Technical Competency Assessment	123	143	159	159
Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Assessment	15	14	10	315
Licence/rating
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licences—initial issue	198	224	217	206
Practical Consolidation Training—Specific Type ratings issued at 30 June	581	490	310	380
Current Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licences at 30 June	6,274	6,274	6,341	6,403
Airworthiness/welding authorities
Examiner authorities—initial issue	12	15	8	37
Maintenance authorities	230	250	361	668
Non-destructive testing authorities	34	27	24	172
Weight control authorities	9	5	5	46
Welding authorities	7	4	14	45
Current airworthiness/welding authorities at 30 June	1,785	1,791	1,826	1,856

Table 29 – Training course approvals, 2003–04 to 2006–07

Course type	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
Type certificate
Specific type aircraft theory	12	28	22	25
Practical training	9	11	5	3

Medical

Table 30 – Medical certificates, 2003–04 to 2006–07

Certificate classb	2003–04			2004–05a		2005–06a		2006–07
	Initial	Renewal	Fail	Issued	Fail	Issued	Fail	Initial	Renewal	Fail
Class 1	2,130	16,365	22	15,428	22	17,630	21	1,888	12,984	24
Class 2	6,519	23,191	39	24,580	42	28,031	34	5,403	18,479	40
Class 3	87	653	5	737	2	661	2	52	635	1
Total	8,736	40,209	66	40,745	66	46,322	57	7,343	32,098	65

a Due to changed reporting requirements, initial and renewal data for 2004–05 and 2005–06 are amalgamated.

b The certificate classes are Class 1—Professional pilots and flight engineers; Class 2—Student, private and commercial pilots; Class 3—Air traffic control and flight service providers.

Enforcement

Table 31 – Licence and certificate action, 2003–04 to 2006–07

Action	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
Show cause notices issued	26	42	22	27
Conferences held	11	14	9	10
Variations	1	0	5	0
Suspensions	8	5	1	4
Cancellations	8	13	8	6
Other enforcement actiona	56	53	45	64

Note: Does not include action in relation to medical certificates (see Table 32). Also does not include variations processed by the CASA Service Centre.

a Includes counselling undertaken as a result of a show cause process, and informal enforcement action such as recommendations for counselling and remedial training taken as an initial response to a legislative breach.

Table 32 – Medical certificate action, 2003–04 to 2006–07

Certificate classa	2003–04		2004–05		2005–06		2006–07
	Cancellation	Suspension	Cancellation	Suspension	Cancellation	Suspension	Cancellation	Suspension
Class 1	8	6	20	8	6	2	6	6
Class 2	20	9	29	4	12	6	8	12
Class 3	5	2	2	5	0	0	0	1

a The certificate classes are Class 1—Professional pilots and flight engineers; Class 2—Student, private and commercial pilots; Class 3—Air traffic control and flight service providers.

Table 33 – Infringement notices and prosecutions, 2004–05 to 2006–07

Action	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
Infringement notices issued	79	107	109
Matters referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions	21	6	12
Prosecutions finalised	16	9	12
Acquittals	5	1	0
Convictions	10	7	12