CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 131.140 Chief executive officer--responsibilities and accountabilities

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 131.140

  (1)   The chief executive officer of a balloon transport operator's organisation is responsible for the following:

  (a)   ensuring that, for the safe conduct of the operator's balloon transport operations in accordance with the operator's balloon transport AOC and exposition and the civil aviation legislation, the operator:

  (i)   has sufficient suitably experienced, qualified and competent personnel; and

  (ii)   has a suitable management structure; and

  (iii)   is adequately financed and resourced;

  (b)   ensuring that the operator:

  (i)   complies with the civil aviation legislation; and

  (ii)   implements and manages the operator's safety management system (if any); and

  (iii)   has procedures that ensure that all of the operator's personnel understand the operator's safety policy; and

  (iv)   sets and maintains standards for flight and ground operations; and

  (v)   tells CASA if the operator becomes aware that a leasing, financing or other arrangement for the supply of a Part   131 aircraft that the operator operates under the operator's balloon transport AOC may affect the operator's safe conduct of the operator's balloon transport operations; and

  (vi)   for each Part   131 aircraft that is a registered foreign aircraft (if any) used in the operator's balloon transport operations--maintains the aircraft in accordance with the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered;

  (c)   establishing and regularly reviewing the operator's safety performance indicators and targets (if any);

  (d)   ensuring that the operator's exposition is monitored and managed for continuous improvement;

  (e)   ensuring that training and checking of the operator's operational safety - critical personnel (other than flight crew) conducted by or for the operator are conducted in accordance with the operator's exposition;

  (f)   ensuring that key personnel satisfactorily carry out the responsibilities of their positions in accordance with the operator's exposition and the civil aviation legislation.

  (2)   The chief executive officer of a balloon transport operator's organisation is accountable to the operator and CASA for ensuring the responsibilities mentioned in subregulation   (1) are carried out effectively.