Originally Posted by
Connedrod
The manufacturers require a reweight every 1 month for some 6 months for some and 12 months for some ..
It's the Australian Standard that requires the maintenance, not the manufacturer.
So on board fire and ext dose not work. Deaths. What are you going to tell the judge that you didnt carry out the required awb and reweigh the ext.
At no time have I said that the fire extinguisher should not be checked. What I am saying is there is not a LEGAL requirement to CHECK the extinguisher by the AD.
You have just failed.
Maybe. But the words I used were not mine, they come from someone with far more intelligence than me. I'll put them here again:
Guidance and advisory material, as such, is not legally binding however prudent it may be to adhere to the recommended practices set out in guidance and advisory material, such adherence is not obligatory under the legislation.
Do what HAS to be done (AD's etc) work towards the good ideas (AC, AWBs etc)
If CASA wanted to mandate this maintenance, they could easily put it into the AD, and order (CAO) an instrument or a MOS. But it is not. It is advisory.
Haydn