Capt NG wrote:Guys CAO 20-11 for reference...
5.2 Life rafts
5.2.1 An aircraft that is flown over water at a distance from land greater than the permitted distance must carry, as part of its emergency and lifesaving equipment, sufficient life rafts to provide a place in a life raft for each person on board the aircraft.
5.2.1.1 For the purposes of paragraph 5.2.1, the permitted distance is:
(a) in the case of an aircraft that has:
(i) 4 engines; or
(ii) 3 turbine engines; or
(iii) 2 turbine engines and complies with section 20.7.1B;
a distance equal to 120 minutes at normal cruising speed, or 400 miles, whichever is the less; or
(b) in any other case — a distance equal to 30 minutes at normal cruising speed, or 100 miles, whichever is the less.
5.2.2 Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph 5.2.1, CASA may require the carriage of life rafts on such other overwater flights as CASA considers necessary.
5.2.3 Life rafts carried in accordance with paragraph 5.2.1 shall be in addition to life jackets carried in accordance with paragraphs 5.1.1 and 5.1.2.
5.2.4 Life rafts carried in accordance with this section shall be stowed so as to be readily accessible in the event of a ditching without appreciable time for preparatory procedures. When life rafts are stowed in compartments or containers, such compartments or containers shall be appropriately and conspicuously marked. Where life raft stowages have to be installed in aircraft to meet the requirements of this section, such stowages shall comply with the requirements of Part 101 appropriate to the certification of the aircraft concerned.
5.2.5 Life rafts must comply with a standard approved by CASA.
CAO 20.7.1B applies to aircraft weight and performance limitations for turbine powered aeroplanes above 5700kg. Hence B737 covered under this applicable order..
It makes sense for QF to not carry them if not required..
hrtpaul wrote:Having flown out of Townsville on the weekend, I'd like to think that the life rafts were fitted to my 737. We departed to the north and then did a R/H turn over the water. Now if it had all turned to shit I would rather be sitting in a life raft than treading water in waters renowned for it's number of Tiger Sharks, Crocodiles and other animals that would like to turn me into seaweed fertilizer. Saving $1 million isn't gonna help QANTAS. But it'll help me get back to my family and that's all I care about.
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