Overloaded Planes - Pilot Responsibility:
The issue is for all pilots, the following reg, with an immediate fine of $5000 - like it or lump it. This type of infringement could also leave the AOC holder with a "show cause" notice and the loss of the AOC.
CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 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.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) If a flight manual has not been issued for an Australian
aircraft and, under the relevant airworthiness standards for the
aircraft, the information and instructions that would otherwise be contained in an
aircraft's flight manual are to be displayed either wholly on a placard, or partly on a placard and partly in another document, 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:
(a) on the placard; or
(b) on the placard or in the other document.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For
strict liability , see section 6.1 of the
Criminal Code .