Aviation Management: Regulations, Safety, and RPAS Crew Management

This report provides a comprehensive overview of aviation management, focusing on relevant regulations, legal obligations, and safety protocols. It explores key aspects such as compliance with CASA Part 101 rules for RPAS missions, differences between autonomous recovery and flight termination systems, and best practices in crew resource management. The report also examines the identification and application of RPAS industry best practices, responsibilities of both employees and employers in enhancing safety-related policies, and the bodies regulating RPAS crew in the aviation industry. Furthermore, it addresses actions and protocols for managing security risks and maintaining compliance with local, state, and commonwealth laws regarding RPA operations. The document emphasizes the importance of systematic work with attention to detail in enhancing safety within the aviation sector.

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Aviation management
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Activity 1A
1. List the main Aviation relevant regulations and legal obligations.
Answer: The main aviation relevant regulations and legal obligations are as follows-
The Aircraft Act, 1934 (AA1934); The aircraft Rules, 1937 (AR1937); The AAI Act, 1994; The
Civil Aviation Recruitments (CARs); The Carriage by Air Act, 1972 (CAA); Aircraft (Carriage
of Dangerous Goods) Rules, 2003; The suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil
Aviation Act, 1982.
2. List how the above can be obtained.
Answer: The above legal regulations can be obtained by the Aviation and Airports Division to
suggest the Australian government on different rules and norms for the Australian aviation
industry. The Division is responsible for dealing with the relationship between the Civil Aviation
Safety Authority (CASA) and the Australian government along with the Airservices Australia
and Australia’s airlines. Australia’s participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO) was dealt by the ministry to provide the Secretariat with International Air Services
Commission (IASC).
3. Name the document that deals with the organisational workplace requirement and
how would you access it?
Answer: Safe Work Australia is responsible for dealing with the development of national policy
for the progress of health and safety of workers as well as their compensation arrangements in
Australia. There are acts and regulations for providing a brief overview of creating and safe and
healthy workplace in the Australian environment.

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4. How would you go about adapting to differences in equipment and operating
environment in accordance with standard operating procedures of an RPAS
system?
Answer: In order to adapt to differences in equipment and operating environment the elements
and performance criteria needs to describe the achievement of the element. Along with that,
assessment of the performance needs to be in constant assessment with the evidence guide. This
is effective in managing personal performance and at the same time, identifying the threats and
issues to deal with the preventive measures.
Activity 1B
1. List mission briefing details for Take-off and landing under visual conditions.
Answers: Briefings are an important part in terms of flight preparation to signify a crucial
moment for team building, establishing leadership and get the opportunity to gather and choose
operational data related to the upcoming flight. On the other hand, detailed take- off and
approach briefings are mandatory before every flight to make sure that there is good
understanding among the crew members along with effective application of crew resource
management (CRM).
Activity 1C
1. What do you understand by the term compliance?
Answer: Compliance is referred to as a state of being in accordance with the set and established
specifications. For instance, the equipments of aircraft are developed as per the compliance
standards and further deployed as per the compliance of the vendor’s licensing agreement.

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Compliance can be further defined as an effort to make sure that the organization is abiding by
the industry standards as well as government legislation.
2. What CASA PART101 rules would you apply to become compliant in an RPAS
Mission you plan to undertake/ Conduct?
Answer: It can be stated that CASA part 101 rules would be applied in terms of controlling all
the aeronautical activities, which lacked human strength so that the process can be integrated in
to a single body of legislation. Specifically, the rules are used for the uncontrolled moored
balloons and kites, free balloons, rockets, which are unmanned, RPA or remotely piloted aircraft
and model aircraft and pyrotechnic displays.
3. Where would you obtain/access these rules from?
Answer: The rules can be obtained from Civil Aviation Safety Authority documents, which
include the consultation updates on a yearly basis. The documents comprise of several parts,
which are further categorized into preliminary and general categories. The documents also
provide information about the operations and certification of the controllers.
4. Describe the differences between Autonomous recovery versus flight termination
system (FTS) to maintain compliancy for the operational task and why is it taken
into consideration?
Answer: the difference between Autonomous recovery versus flight termination system (FTS) is
describes in the form of development and application of the increase in systems for civil aviation.
It is taken into consideration because of the rapidly increasing pace, which is enhanced by the

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expectation that the system will give significant benefits with respect to reliability, efficiency,
safety, affordability and unachieved mission capabilities.
5. Describe best principles of Crew Resource Management for an RPAS mission.
Answer: The best principles of CRM for RPAS mission can be the goal of a safe flight;
cooperation and communication among the cabin crew, pilots and ATC; supervision of internal
and external situation, which can pose threat such as ineffective teamwork, rough weather,
location of aircraft; feedback for assuring the adjustment of the best practices and evaluation of
the threats.
6. What protective equipment should crew prepare/use (personal & general)
conforming to WHS/OHS standards?
Answer: The crew should use safety clothing or equipments for specific circumstances and areas.
In that case, the nature of the work should be taken into consideration where the people require
safety equipments to use or wear for minimizing the amount of risk. There needs to be safety
helmets for the workers as a part of the WHS process for their personal protection.
Activity 2A
1. How would you identify & access information on RPAS industry relevant best
practices guide and requirements specific to any RPAS mission?
Answer: The operation of RPAS can be identified and the information can be accessed by
entailing several benefits for the manufacturing and operating industries. The technology of
RPAS can be applied to the civil applications of commercial or non- commercial and
governmental non- military areas which would enhance the industrial competitiveness, by

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boosting up entrepreneurship and building new businesses for the growth and development of
jobs.
Activity 2B
1. Refer to the research done on the best practice guide from the previous question and
list two examples of how you might apply the identified best practices to day- to- day
work. (Make up a scenario and provide relevant practices).
Answer: The best practices can be implemented in the regular activities of military operations,
such as surveillance and gathering information. Again, there is another way in which the
practices can be implemented by providing a large range of civil applications such as supervision
of infrastructure, disaster, firefighting and monitoring of the environmental issues. This can be
aligned with the practices of controlling and managing the border of aircraft.
Activity 2C
1. Refer to the operations manual (Appendix 1A), List two responsibilities of both
Employee & Employer relevant to day-to-day activities in the aviation industries.
Answer: Responsibilities of employer-
1) It is the prime concern of the employers to ensure the safety of air transport through legal
procedures. 2) They need to consider both human and machine factors to check that the
aircraft is airworthy.
Responsibilities of employee-

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1) It is the responsibility of the employees to carry out the airport surveillance in a proper
manner. 2) They should be in constant interaction with the employers in terms of their
health, safety, risk reduction and personal equipment requirement.
2. How can both staff and employers work hand in hand to enhance safety related
policies for RPAS operations?
Answer: Both staff and employers can work together by considering an appropriate size and
structure of the organization. In that case, there should be active participation from both the end.
The employers need to respect the opinion of the employees and consider those while making
effective decision. Additionally, there should be certain basic rules to avoid internal conflict.
3. How does working systematically with attention to detail enhance safety? Give
example.
Answer: Working systematically by paying attention to detail has the power to recognize the
presence of safety culture in the risk system of the organization. For instance, if the management
pays in-depth attention to the equipments required for the workers then it will not lead to any
careless accidents.
Activity 3A
1. What are the bodies and the publications that regulate RPAS crew in the aviation
industry on a state and federal level?

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Answer: The bodies and publications that regulate the RPAS crew are Unmanned Aircraft
Systems and Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority. Both of these play key roles in the
domestic as well as international platform with the help of International Civil Aviation
Organization to create technical assistance.
2. What actions & protocols would you apply to a crew member posing a security risk
in an organisation?
Answer: There must be sufficient security tools in the risk management toolbox and the
employees need to be trained efficiently so that they don’t panic in crisis. The techniques and
protocols should be related to the identification of assets to properly supervise the environment
by keeping a check on the vulnerabilities.
Activity 3B
1. What is required to maintain compliancy with the relevant local, state/territory and
commonwealth laws and regulations in regards to operating an RPA?
Answer: it is required on the part of organization that they have specialized team in intellectual
property and privacy laws. In addition, they need to have advised, retailers and wholesalers apart
from the consumers and operators of RPA to deal with the legal issues, which are faced
frequently by the industry.

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