Display of Air Operators Certificate

[Yakka]

Hi All,

Just wondering if there is still a requirement to display your AOC. Can't find any mention of it in the regs

Cheers

[sms777]

I can't answer your question regarding regs but in todays aviation climate it is something you should be very proud of and it would not hurt to hang it on your office wall to show a bit of professionalism.
After all I am sure you are a professional........otherwise you would not be on Pprune......

[Horatio Leafblower]

We seem to assume that a GA operator can afford a wall big enough to hang 328 pages of A4 legalese bull**** to demonstrate his/her legal approval to conduct airpork operations in a C172

....and that any member of the general pubic actually could give a sh!t or bother to understand.

[Lead Balloon]

Regulation 53 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988:

53 Display of certificates and epaulettes

(1) The holder of an air operator's certificate shall display a copy of the certificate:

(a) in a prominent place at the holder's primary place of business, and

(b) at the places and during the times directed by the Authority from time to time.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.

(3) The holder of a commercial pilot's licence shall, when exercising the privileges of the licence, wear a shirt displaying at least one and no more than three epaulettes of a colour and dimensions as directed by the Authority from time to time.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(4) An offence against subregulation (3) is an offence of strict liability.

(5) The holder of an air transport pilot's licence shall, when exercising the privileges of the licence, wear a shirt displaying at least three and no more than four epaulettes of a colour and dimensions as directed by the Authority from time to time.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(6) An offence against subregulation (5) is an offence of strict liability.

[Horatio Leafblower]

Lead Balloon

Would you like to have more children?

I would like to offer myself to carry them.

You FUNNY!

[Lead Balloon]

Funny? We're talking safety here. There's no room for 'funny'.

[john_tullamarine]

Leaddie ... you're telling porky pies, again .....

[Lead Balloon]

What? I used quotes!

[john_tullamarine]

Blast and damnation, Moriarty ... I missed them altogether ... my most obsequious apologies, good sir ... (exits, stage left, muttering incomprehensibly) ...

[Lead Balloon]

No need to apologise in any way, sir. My-mistake-to-JT-mistake ratio is around 100:1.

We just need to use our best efforts to ensure that the AOC and epaulette display rules are understood.

[Flying Bear]

Horatio,

Wow, an image so horrible I think I need to stab my eyeballs out with a plastic spoon.

Under NO circumstances are you to offer yourself to bear another's child...

Dare I ask Leadie's guidance regarding legislation concerning the display of wings and other badges??

badges, badges, badges...

[Lead Balloon]

Interesting you ask that question.

The absence of outcomes-based rules on the display of wings and other insignia is, in my view, a substantial risk to the safety of air navigation. Hopefully this will be addressed in a MOS.

[Styx75]

Had no idea bars had to be worn when doing commercial ops. Guessing that means i cant wear my polo when the weathers been to bad to wash my whites. At least theres no regs about having to wear a clean shirt

[gerry111]

Well that needs to be immediately regulated, Styx75.

Your oily shirt may be a source of spontaneous combustion.

[compressor stall]

Still laughing at CAR 53 above, but looking at the OPs question literally has me curious. I was alway under the impression that it was regulated somewhere as it's the sort of thing CASA would regulate. But sitting in a hotel room I've been looking - more out of curiosity- but b#ggered if I can find it in a reg or MOS etc.

[Blueyonda]

I looked at an old instrument and it only made reference to cao82. I would have thought if it was required to be displayed by law that governing law should also be included on the instrument of approval.

[Dangly Bits]

There is no regulation that requires you to wear shoes either!

[Lead Balloon]

I told you so:

INSTRUMENT NUMBER: CASA 672/2001

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988

CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988

DIRECTIONS UNDER REGULATION 53

I, BRUCE BYRON, Director of Aviation Safety, issue the following directions under regulation 53 of the Civil Aviation Regulations.

DISPLAY OF AIR OPERATORS CERTIFICATES

1. For the purposes of paragraph 53(1)(b) of the Civil Aviation Regulations, a copy of an air operators certificate must be displayed:

(a) on the inside of each passenger window of each aircraft being operated under the authority of the certificate;

(b) on the inside door of each lavatory in ground-based facilities occupied by or under the control of the holder of the certificate; and

(c) in braille format at each of the places specified in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) of this instrument.

DISPLAY OF EPAULETTES

2. For the purposes of subregulations 53(3) and 53(5) of the Civil Aviation Regulations, epaulettes must be:

(a) within 6 to 12 millimetres (inclusive) wide;

(b) within 45 to 65 millimetres (inclusive) long;

(c) in cases in which more than one epaulette is being displayed - spaced no further than 8 millimetres apart from the immediately adjacent epaulette;

(d) coloured gold or silver, with a reflectivity index of “Nightclub Visible”; and

(e) fire resistant in accordance with Australian Standard (AS) 1940-1993.

Note: Failure to comply with these directions is a strict liability offence, with a penalty of 50 penalty units.

[SIGNED BRUCE BYRON]

[no_one]

Isn't there an exemption to the instrument? Or has the exemption expired?

[Lead Balloon]

There is, of course, a standard exemption to these requirements. I will see if I can track down a copy.