CAO 82.0 Appendix 1
2 Responsibilities of Chief Pilot
2.1 The Chief Pilot for an operator is to have control of all flight crew training and operational matters affecting the safety of the flying operations of the operator.
2.2 The responsibilities of a Chief Pilot must, unless CASA otherwise specifies in writing, include the following responsibilities:
(a) ensuring that the operator’s air operations are conducted in compliance with the Act, the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, the Civil Aviation Regulations 1998 and the Civil Aviation Orders;
(b) arranging flight crew rosters;
(c) maintaining a record of licences, ratings, and route qualifications held by each flight crew member, including:
(i) validity; and
(ii) recency; and
(iii) type endorsements and any applicable licence restrictions;
(d) maintaining a system to record flight crew duty and flight times to ensure compliance with duty and flight time limitations, in accordance with Part 48 of the Orders;
(e) ensuring compliance with loading procedures specified for each aircraft type used by the operator and proper compilation of loading documents, including passenger and cargo manifests;
(f) monitoring operational standards, maintaining training records and supervising the training and checking of flight crew of the operator;
(g) conducting proficiency tests in the execution of emergency procedures and issuing certificates of proficiency as required by section 20.11;
(h) training flight crew in the acceptance and handling of dangerous goods as required by the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 or the Orders;
(i) maintaining a complete and up-to-date reference library of operational documents as required by CASA for the class of operations conducted;
(j) allocating appropriate aircraft.
3 Delegation by Chief Pilot
3.1 A Chief Pilot, in exercising any responsibility, may delegate duties to other members of the operator’s staff, but may not delegate training and checking duties without the written approval of CASA.
CASA 2009 Special Audit
Page 36. The aeromedical operation was also managed in isolation from other PelAir AOC activities...... The current Chief Pilot appears to have no direct control into technical Westwind matters, relying on the expertise and experience of the Standards Manager. This situation dilutes the authority of the AOC by putting a non-accountable person at the head of this complex operation.
Page 42. The special audit identified significant deficiencies with the Westwind operation......Up until 2008, the Westwind operation was managed by Mr Ian Meyer as the Chief Pilot and from 2009 onwards as the Westwind Standards Manager. Mr Meyer is relied upon heavily to oversee the training and technical practices for the jet fleet.
For Westwind operations, one presumes the responsibilities of the Chief Pilot were delegated to the Westwind Standards Manager as per CAO 82.0 Appendix 3.1
Given the special audit clearly established the standards manager had the responsibly to "oversee the training", one further presumes this delegation was with the written approval of CASA.
So when CASA approved the new chief pilot, they must have also approved (in writing) the delegation of training and checking duties to the outgoing chief pilot (i.e. the new standards manager).
The special audit doesn't explicitly state that CASA had approved this delegation of training and checking at the time. However they surely must have given such approval, and this would be kept on file