Current projects
OS 01/06 - Aerial work operations (excluding those covered by Parts 133, 137, 141 and 142)
History
31 Mar 2003
NPRM 0302OS - Aerial work operations
NPRM 0302OS - Aerial work operations has been published. Your comments are invited by 30 May 2003.
13 Sep 2001
New working draft regulations for CASR 136 maintenance aspects
CASR Part 136 maintenance aspects of the regulations have been revised and are available for review. Constructive comments are invited. (CASR Part 138 now incorporated into Part 133 and Part 136).
6 Jul 2001
New working draft regulations for CASR 136 maintenance aspects
CASR Part 136 maintenance aspects of the regulations have been revised and are available for review. Constructive comments are invited.
Under development
CASR Part 136 – Aerial work operations
CASR Part 136 will bring together requirements affecting aerial work operations that apply in excess of or vary from those required under Part 91. Part 136 will reflect the new classification of activities policy shortly to be published by CASA. Under this policy, traditional aerial work operations will be disaggregated and regulated individually as specialised use activities.
Who Part 136 affects
This Part will affect aerial work operators not covered by:
- CASR Part 103 (Sport and recreational aviation operations);
- CASR Part 105 (Sport and recreational parachuting from an aircraft - certification and operations);
- CASR Part 115 (Operations using sport aviation aircraft for non-recreational activities);
- CASR Part 132 (Air experience and corporate operations);
- CASR Part 133 (Air transport and aerial work operations (rotorcraft));
- CASR Part 137 (Aerial application operations (other than rotorcraft));
- CASR Part 141 (Flight training operators); and;
- CASR Part 142 (Training and checking operators).
The Part 136 rules will no longer refer to an Operating Certificate (OC). Instead, aerial work operations will be regulated using the existing Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) system but graduated on the basis of each type of activity and the mitigation of identified risks.
Key proposals
- Some operations classified as charter or private to be reclassified as aerial work;
- Operators to be required to conduct the training and checking programs called up by the operating rules:
- can be contracted out with CASA approval, however, the operator would retain responsibility for ensuring that the contracted organisation would carry out the specified duties;
- All flight crew, ground support personnel and some non-flight crew members to be required to be trained and checked annually;
- Performance standards to be common for all aeroplanes operating under Part 136 up to 8640 kg:
- aeroplanes that have a Maximum Take-off Weight (MTOW) greater than 8640 kg may be required to meet higher standards of performance, loading and crew training;
- Minimum fuel requirements to be re-introduced;
- Hot refuelling (i.e. refuelling while the engine is running) provisions have been transferred to Part 91:
- Requirement for life jackets on aircraft that take-off and/or land over water that have a reasonable chance of ditching; and
- Changes to the factoring requirements for take-off and landing distances (a constant factor is applied).