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Division 24.2 Minimum loading weights

24.04 Purpose
        For subregulation 131.445 (4), this Division prescribes the method for calculating the minimum loading weight of a Part 131 aircraft for a flight.

24.05 Circumstances and methods for calculating minimum loading weight
       (1) For paragraph 131.445 (4) (a), the circumstances before the Part 131 aircraft takes off for the flight.
       (2) For paragraph 131.445 (4) (b), the method used to calculate the minimum weight of the Part 131 aircraft for the flight is this: the minimum weight is calculated by considering, and then taking into account, the following factors in order to arrive at the minimum weight:
(a) any aircraft loading system specified by the manufacturer;
(b) the combined weight of all persons on board, including any changes to the combined weight that might arise due to planned reductions in the persons on board during the flight (for example, the dropping of 1 or more parachutists from the aircraft in flight);
(c) the weight of fuel or ballast on board, including any expected reductions in the weight of fuel or ballast during a flight;
(d) the weight of any equipment or cargo carried on board, including any changes to the weight that might arise due to planned reductions in this weight during a flight (for example, the dropping of equipment or cargo from the aircraft in flight).
Note   CAO 100.96 places requirements on pilots and operators relating to the initial and subsequent establishment of the empty weight of certain Part 131 aircraft.
       (3) For paragraph (2) (b), the combined weight of all persons on board may be determined by using 1 of the following:
(a) for a passenger or a crew member — the actual clothed-body weight of the person, as measured by a crew member, or as declared by the person;
(b) the standard weights set out in section 24.03;
(c) for a flight that is a balloon transport operation — an exposition-derived weight, being the passenger weight calculated using procedures described in the balloon transport operator's exposition, as in force or existing from time to time.
Note   For guidance on the use of exposition-derived weight see Multi-Part Advisory Circular AC 121‑05, AC 133-04 and AC 135-08, as existing from time to time and freely available on the CASA website.

CHAPTER 25 CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS

25.01 Purpose
        For subregulation 131.455 (1), this Chapter prescribes requirements relating to the carriage of passengers on a flight of a Part 131 aircraft, including:
(a) the maximum number of passengers that may be carried for the flight of a Part 131 aircraft; and
(b) the location of passengers on the Part 131 aircraft for the flight.

25.02 Application