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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1. Minimum Pilot experience to be 250 hours PIC, and 5 hours on type. 2. Licencing - PPL or greater. 3. Medical - as per CASA requirements for licence type. 4. Night flights must be IFR. 5. Maintenance - aircraft must be on the CASA register (no RAAus), and not Experimental or Limited categories. These requirements are, in my view, necessary to establish a safe environment for passengers and pilots, and help protect pilots and their beneficiaries from possible legal action in the event of accident or incident.