Amendments to CASR Part 141 - Recreational, private and commercial pilot flight training

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An announcement was made at the Standards Consultative Committee meeting on 2 April 2014 that CASA was proposing to amend CASR Part 141 with the objective of reducing the complexity of the requirements and reduce costs. An overview of the changes was presented to the SCC and to the FCL subcommittee meeting that was held at CASA on 3 April 2014.

 

The following is a description of the proposed amendments.

 

1. Safety Management Systems (SMS).

 

The proposal is to remove the requirement for Part 141 operators to have an SMS. Instead, operators would be encouraged to implement an SMS and for smaller operators, a hazard management plan. However, neither of these would be mandated.

 

Consequently, if the proposal to remove the SMS is implemented, the requirement to have an independent safety manager would also be removed.

 

This initiative will reduce the effort and cost required to become a Part 141 operator and for those operators transitioning from the current system to the new Part 141 system. Savings would also arise from not needing to employ or engage an indepedent safety manager.

 

2. Quality Assurance Management System (QAMS).

 

The proposal is to remove the requirement for a QAMS apart from the existing provisions that reflect the quality assurance requirements in CASR Part 60. The Part 60 provisions are included in Part 141 and Part 142 where the operator uses flight simulation training devices (FSTDs). This means a Part 141 operator must comply with the quality assurance standards in Part 141 instead of those in Part 60.

 

Consequently, if the proposal to remove the QAMS is implemented, the requirement to have an independent quality manager would also be removed.

 

This initiative will reduce the effort and cost required to become a Part 141 operator and for those operators transitioning from the current system to the new Part 141 system. Savings would also arise from not needing to employ or engage an indepedent quality manager.

 

3. Exposition and Operations Manual

 

The proposal is to remove the requirement for operators to have an exposition. Instead, operators would be required to have an Operations Manual, which is consistent with the current requirements for training organisations.

 

This initiative will save operators transitioning into Part 141 the effort and costs associated with having to make significant amendements to their suite of manuals.

 

 

[Guest Andys@coffs]

hmmm anyone for goal post relocation.......wonder where this leaves RAAus in the longer term(understand this relates only to Part 141 but there does seem at 1st glance to be some commonality) .......We may well end up keeping what we have newly established for insurance risk minimisation (and therefore policy cost reduction) reasons alone......

 

The only constant is change

 

 

[facthunter]

Is this a full 180 with pike and tuck? If so doesn't it excuse the Board somewhat for their views? (As I understand it) Nev

 

 

[Guest Andys@coffs]

No matter what CASA say the reality is that unless we changed we were rapidly becoming uninsurable, what has been put in place in RAAus WRT an SMS is an insurance risk reduction exercise, so wether we have to have it as a legislated requirement, or we have to have it so we can survive by being able to continue to insure ourselves against a totally unacceptable risk without insurance becomes moot.... I think however that perhaps CASA see that the path of least resistance may be, why force folk to do what they need to do and be seen as the enforcer, when commercial realities around policy costs and availability drive people in the same direction anyway....

 

Andy

 

 

[facthunter]

We are exposed to litigation because of out designated function in part as an enforcer. We could never afford to cover that risk alone. Nev