Proposed safety standard - Community service flights (CD 1814OS)

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Introduction of proposed safety standard - community service flights

The proposal introduces minimum CSF pilot experience, licensing and medical requirements, requirement of flights at night to be conducted using instrument procedures instead of visual procedures and requires slightly enhanced aircraft maintenance requirements, in line with other operations within Australia involving similar participants.

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I 100% agree that Pilots operating CSF flights should hold a specific minimum qualification requirement. There have been too many incidents involving flights where passengers are in need to arrive at amedical appointment by a certain deadline which imposes the need to get them there by the pilot. These pressures can force pilots to fly in conditions that they would normally not operate in, and inexperienced pilots can and do find themselves in situations they should not be in. As a charter pilot I believe all these flights should be operated under the supervision of an AOC with aircraft in charter maintenance category or something similar to ensure the vital safety monitoring needed for all involved.