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 appreciate the position of CASA in getting their head around CSF flights. As a pilot who has conducted these CSF flights both under VFR and IFR rules I cannot stress enough the incredible benefit these services provide - AND, how much they are appreciated. VFR is and should always be VFR, if the operational conditions deteriorate the pilot should 'turn around'. I agree with night operations being conducted under IFR rules. Day operations should be allowed to continue under VFR rules. Organisational Culture of safe flying, in my opinion, is a far greater factor in ensuring a safe mission. The culture of CSF's could focus on delivering the passengers safely back to the ground, and to the destination if conditions permit.