Commercial pilot (balloon) licence—regular balloon flight reviews required
5.143 Commercial pilot (balloon) licence—regular balloon flight reviews required
A commercial (balloon) pilot commits an offence if the pilot:
flies as pilot in command of a balloon that is engaged in aerial work operations or charter operations; and
has not, within the period of 2 years immediately before the day of the flight, satisfactorily completed a balloon flight review.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
A balloon flight review must:
be conducted only by an appropriate person in a balloon for which the pilot holds a balloon class endorsement; and
include at least:
1 inflation of the balloon envelope; and
30 minutes of flight time; and
1 deflation of the balloon envelope.
If:
a commercial (balloon) pilot undertakes a balloon flight review; and
the requirements of subregulation (2) are not satisfied in relation to the review;
the pilot is taken not to have satisfactorily completed the review.
A person commits an offence if:
the person conducts a balloon flight review of a commercial (balloon) pilot; and
the pilot satisfactorily completes the review; and
the person is satisfied that the pilot is able to safely fly a balloon in aerial work operations or charter operations; and
the person does not make an entry in the pilot’s personal log book to the effect that the pilot has satisfactorily completed the review.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
For this regulation, a commercial (balloon) pilot is taken to have satisfactorily completed a balloon flight review if, within the period of 2 years immediately before the day of a proposed flight, the pilot has:
passed a flight test conducted for the purpose of:
the issue of a commercial pilot (balloon) licence; or
the issue, or renewal, of a flight instructor (balloon) rating; or
satisfactorily completed a balloon proficiency check; or
satisfactorily completed balloon conversion training given by the holder of a flight instructor (balloon) rating.
An offence against this regulation is an offence of strict liability.
In this regulation:
appropriate person means:
a person who holds a flight instructor (balloon) rating; or
a CASA flying operations inspector; or
an authorised person.
balloon conversion training means training undertaken by a commercial (balloon) pilot for the purpose of qualifying for a balloon class endorsement.
balloon flight review means a test of the aeronautical skills and aeronautical knowledge of the person undertaking the review that are relevant to the safe flight of balloons in aerial work operations or charter operations.
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