PLovett, Part 135 is operations and Part 145 is how they will be maintained.
CAR 206 1 part B will disappear as part 135 the new Transport Category will be the same as LRPT is now and Charter category will cease to exist.
This will allow scheduled departures generally available to the public in and out of airstrips that have lower min requirements that standard RPT has now. A potential boom for new services and routes in the outback and will bring a lot of fresh vigour into a stale industry.
It will only leave Aerial work and training from what I understand.
The question is under part 145 what maintenance schedule will we be allowed to operate under if not S5?
Talk is S5 will disappear and it will all be a min of Manufactures Maintenance to operate part 135 aircraft.
How long and costly do you think it will be to get a small fleet of older aircraft that have operated well under S5 for years into MM or class A?
Not going to be viable. Can we viably run to part 145 and MM out in the bush when we have no part 145 maintenance orgs within 2 hours of flying. Nope another nail in the coffin. Can current maintenance orgs afford the extra compliance and cost of going to 145. All the little shops have said they wont be. Will just close the door when this all comes.
We have no problems with what has been raised in part 135 and meeting the extra requirements as being a responsible operator, we already have company standards above what we need to operate under charter.
Our problems will come if as you say CASA insist on us changing our maintenance schedule to do the same job we basically are now as charter under S5 for many years very successfully.
MS