This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to manage aircraft performance and load in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and national operating standards.

It includes applying weight and balance control to flight planning, identifying constraints affecting load planning and planning an aircraft load. It also includes applying principles of aircraft balance and longitudinal stability to load planning, identifying aircraft structural limitations, and identifying aircraft weight and performance planning safety factors. It also includes determining aircraft weight and speed limitations, calculating take-off runway requirements, calculating climb performance, calculating landing runway requirements, and determining aircraft buffet boundaries and speeds.

This unit addresses aviation technical skill requirements (physical, mental and task-management abilities) related to route planning and navigation duties of flight dispatch personnel and contributes to safe and effective performance in complex aviation operational environments.

Operations are conducted as part of commercial or military aircraft activities across a variety of operational contexts within the Australian aviation industry.

Work is performed independently or under limited supervision as a single operator or within a team environment.

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements are applicable to this unit.

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice	Yes	No	Comments/feedback
Aircraft design and weight, taxi, take-off, landing and zero-fuel weights (ZFW) are reviewed and applied to load planning activities
Operational load planning factors affecting a restriction on weight, operational (phase of flight), environmental, equipment, airspace and airport/aerodrome are considered and applied as required to aircraft load planning
Aircraft operating weight and passenger weight limits are summarised within load planning documentation
Weight of minimum fuel based on ZFW, quantity, fuel type and specific gravity (including fuel quantity conversions) are reviewed and applied to load planning calculations
Available payload based on specific conditions affecting a flight, including maximum take-off weight (MTOW), regulated take-off weight (RTOW), minimum fuel and taxi fuel requirements, are determined
Manual loadsheet, including payload location and last-minute changes, is prepared
Loadsheet, including payload location and last-minute changes, is interpreted and automated
Components of weight, balance and control are considered and applied in flight planning activities
Implications of advanced sales on payload, weight and control limitations are considered
Aircraft design and weight, taxi, take-off, landing and zero-fuel weights (ZFW) are reviewed and applied to load planning activities
Load planning factors, including balance, CG (variations), balance on the ground, principles of lift and centre of pressure, mean aerodynamic chord (MAC) and functions of stabilisers, are identified and considered when calculating aircraft performance and load
Satisfactory aircraft balance calculations are achieved ensuring aircraft is safely loaded, floor strengths have not been exceeded and load/cargo is capable of being satisfactorily restrained
Aircraft certification considerations, including structural strength, loads, speed limitations, operating environment, performance capability, runway lengths and terrain, are considered and applied to aircraft weight and performance calculations
Positive and negative load factor limitations, including normal and ultimate (structural), speed limitations and differing express terms of speed, are considered and applied to aircraft performance calculations
Turbo-jet aircraft take-off requirements are determined considering clearways and stop-ways, runway requirements and alternatives to balanced field length methods
Take-off flight path, climb segments; including terrain and obstacle avoidance; and the effects of weight, altitude and temperature are determined
Runway landing distance requirements are determined, including effect of aircraft configuration, available stopping distance, and effects of marginal conditions
Aircraft buffet characteristics, and the effect of variations of a given weight and speed are identified and applied to aircraft
performance calculations

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