Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00341:body:0:p59
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00341
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Character Range: 146754–149518

risk assessment given to CASA; and
(b) the NVIS operator satisfies CASA that the operator and the pilot in command are demonstrably capable and competent to conduct and carry out the operation; and
(c) the NVIS operator holds a CASA approval for the NVIS firebombing under regulation 138.025.
Note   Applications for approvals are assessed by CASA in accordance with Subpart 11.B of CASR. Operators should note that CASA may apply conditions to an approval in accordance with regulation 11.056.

16.06 Crew composition, qualification and experience
       (1) The minimum crew for the operation must be at least 2 NVIS pilots, one of whom is the pilot in command.
       (2) The pilot in command of a helicopter for the operation must:
(a) hold a Grade 1 NVIS endorsement under Part 61 of CASR; and
(b) satisfy the relevant instrument proficiency and recency requirements under Part 61 of CASR.
Note   For a flight of a foreign registered aircraft, subsection 1.04 (8) of this MOS permits foreign equivalencies to CASR Part 61 requirements.
       (3) Each pilot of a helicopter for the operation must have the following aeronautical experience:
(a) 1 500 hours of flight time as a pilot in command of a helicopter;
(b) 50 hours in the type or class of helicopter being used for the NVIS firebombing;
(c) 100 hours of flight time in a helicopter conducting firebombing operations by day or night.

16.07 Use of a belly tank
       (1) An aircraft belly tank may only be filled or refilled from 1 of the following locations:
(a) for a helicopter on the ground — a source on the ground at an HLS-NVIS standard;
(b) for a helicopter in the hover and using the helicopter's on-board pump — a portable tank at an HLS-NVIS standard;
(c) for an aeroplane on the ground — a source on the ground at an aerodrome;
(d) otherwise — any location, or multiple locations with particular common characteristics, for which the operator holds a CASA approval under regulation 138.025.
       (2) For paragraph (1) (c), CASA may approve a location or a kind of location (with or without conditions) if:
(a) the operator's application includes a detailed risk assessment; and
(b) taking into account the following:
           (i) the risks identified by the operator or by CASA;
           (ii) the nature of the operation;
           (iii) the nature of the location or kind of location;
           (iv) any conditions that would be imposed on an approval;
        approval of the location, or kind of location, would not have an adverse effect on aviation safety.
Note   Conditions may include (but are not limited to), for example, limitations on flight time for particular operations or locations; requirements for underwater escape training; collection system and other equipment