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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The proposal broadly has my support . Effectively these flights are free of charge charter flights. The pilot usually has no relationship with the passengers. Having said that the fact pilots volunteer their time and aircraft is admirable and for the right reasons but the passengers have the fiduciary right the pilot is fit and qualified and to a high standard and has been checked thoroughly and the aircraft is maintained to an appropriate standard. For what it is worth I think: Pilots should be CIFR rated 3 D min 250 hours TT Aircarft "airwork shcedule 5" but not on condition with respect to engines (within TBO) Night flights should be in twins IFR And perhaps the charity organisation should hold or work under an AOC and Chief Pilot