Civil Aviation Safety Authority

Changing the rules

Major initiatives

Testing of safety-sensitive personnel for alcohol and other drugs

In January 2006, DOTARS and CASA released a report on the safety benefits of introducing drug and alcohol testing for safety sensitive personnel in Australian aviation. CASA is now working towards implementing the recommendations of that report.
More details on the Alcohol and Other Drugs project can be found here.

Proposed sport and recreational aviation suite of regulations

CASA has developed a suite of regulations for sport and recreational aviation operations. Notices of Proposed Rule Making (NPRMs) were published for interested parties to comment:

  • NPRM 0704OS – Recreational Aviation Administration Organisations (Proposed CASR Part 149)

  • NPRM 0603OS – Sport and Recreational Aviation Operations (Proposed CASR Part 103)

  • NPRM 0605OS – Parachuting Operations from Aircraft (Proposed CASR Part 105)

Comments to these NPRMs closed on 24 September 2007. Comments received are now being evaluated by the project team.

Maintenance Regulations Project

Civil Aviation Order (CAO) 100.66 – Maintenance authorities – EASA equivalents was promulgated in early 2007. It is intended to provide an equivalent of the EASA categories of aircraft maintenance licence A, B1 and B2 as a transitional arrangement pending introduction of these categories of licence into the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
Details of CAO 100.66

Drafting of the relevant CASR Parts continues in association with the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing (OLDP).

Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) in civilian helicopter operations

CASA has developed standards for the use of Night Vision Goggles (NVG) in civilian helicopter operators. These standards are outlined in new CAO 82.6 and NFRM 0705OS. A 12 month trial is underway to assess the use of NVGs.
More details on the trial of night vision goggles

Classification of civil aviation activities policy

Classifying aviation activities based on aircraft use and who or what is carried in the aircraft. This is both a matter of public policy and to provide a risk-based framework for establishing safety outcome-based rules.
More details on classification of civil aviation activities

 
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