Quote:
"Australia and Canada are the only two countries that base the cabin crew ratio on the number of passengers actually on board (1:36 passengers in Australia and 1:40 passengers in Canada). All other regulatory authorities base the ratio on the number of passenger seats installed."
CD - reading that surprised me! I thought "oh !!!!! what have I been doing" so went and had a look at the Civil Aviation Safety Authority website, and went through the Civil Aviation Orders (the regulations that apply to australian aviation). Found this in section 6.2 of CAO 20.16.3
http://casa.gov.au/download/orders/Cao20/201603.pdf
"the number of cabin attendants need not be increased when infants or children are carried and the total number of passengers exceeds that permitted by the number of cabin attendants, provided that:
(a) The number of excess passengers does not exceed five percent (to the next highest whole number); and
(b) the excess passengers are infants or children
I hope that my understanding of this CAO is correct, and that it makes things a little clearer regarding australian operations!
Cheers
