Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(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.