Recommendation

CASA acknowledges the intent of this recommendation and advises
that the procedures and training for operations on wet or
contaminated runways are comprehensively addressed in proposed
Civil Aviation Safety Regulation Part 121 A - Air Transport
Operations -- Large Aeroplanes, which is scheduled for release for
interested party consultation in April 2002 as a Notice of Proposed
Rule-making (NPRM).



Appendix 1 to proposed CASR part 121A.965 -- Recurrent Training and
Checking -- Pilots, contains the following:



A Recurrent Training



Recurrent training must comprise:



1. Ground and a refresher training



i the ground and refresher training must include:



a aeroplane systems;



b operational procedures and requirements including those relating
to wet and contaminated runways, ground de/anti icing and flight
crew member incapacitation; and



c accident\incident and occurrence review.



ii knowledge of the ground and refresher training must be verified
by a question near or other suitable methods.



In addition to the proposed legislation, high-capacity jet aircraft
procedures for operations on wet and contaminated runways are also
addressed in the company's operations manual.



Subparagraph 1.1 (k) of the CA0 requires the inclusion of
"instructions for determining that the aircraft performance is
adequate under prevailing conditions in respect of the runway to be
used", and in subparagraph 1.1 (0) requires the inclusion of
information covering "procedures for operating in severe weather
conditions involving ice, tail, thunderstorms, turbulence or
potentially hazardous meteorological conditions".



While these requirements are general in nature, they clearly
capture requirements that can operations manual should contain
instructions and procedures covering operations with tropical
rainfall results in wet or flooded runways.

ATSB Note:

Work on CASR 121 Large aeroplanes is ongoing but based on the
previous advice ATSB reclassifies the recommendation as
Closed-Accepted (26 March 2008).