Brian...
CAR 138 Pilot to comply with requirements, etc of aircraft’s flight manual, etc
(1) If a flight manual has been issued for an Australian aircraft, the pilot
in command of the aircraft must comply with a requirement, instruction, procedure or limitation concerning the operation of the aircraft that is set out in the manual...
...which would seem to clearly if an NTO to amend the OEM checklist had been issued.
Unless the original certification basis is Australian, then CASA does not have the power to approve the checklist, because it forms part of the aircraft certification documentation. So CASA can only 'accept' the checklist, OR an amendment to it if an OEM letter of NTO has been issued.
Perhaps you need to sort out/discriminate between CAR 138 and CAR 215(b)?
I think you'll find that if the NTO to amend a checklist is necessary to comply with CAR 215(b), then CAR 138 would be satisfied.
I'm not a lawyer, so maybe the legally qualified might like to add their 2-bob's worth here.
Good suggestion re the flight bag 'silk'...maybe an APP for iPad perhaps, now it's apparently been accepted by the FAA as an EFB?
Maybe CASA-acceptance of the iPad as an EFB will follow in about 50 or 60 years??
On second thoughts though, and from its past track record, perhaps that's going to be a bit too tight as a timeframe?
