Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Shotover Jet
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Adopt a policy whereby the use of the safety lap seat belts, already fitted in the front passenger seats, is mandatory.
Reply Text
Thank you for your letter dated 31 October advising that recommendation 059/01 has been withdrawn and requesting comment with respect to our intention with recommendation 060/01.
At this stage we are not sure we agree with your recommendation that Shotover Jet adopt a policy whereby the use of the safety lap seat belts, already fitted in the front passenger seats, is mandatory.
The reason for this is that when MSA carried out the review of Rule Part 80 their conclusion with respect to the fitting of seat belts was that they disagreed with the recommendation made by TAIC. As the time they did note that they would continue to review this decision. MSA staff again confirmed this to me during a discussion last week. I ‘m sure you would agree that this puts us in a difficult situation, as we have conflicting views from two different authorities.
For this reason we therefore believe that MSA and TAIC should collectively advise us on what we should do.
At this stage we are not sure we agree with your recommendation that Shotover Jet adopt a policy whereby the use of the safety lap seat belts, already fitted in the front passenger seats, is mandatory.
The reason for this is that when MSA carried out the review of Rule Part 80 their conclusion with respect to the fitting of seat belts was that they disagreed with the recommendation made by TAIC. As the time they did note that they would continue to review this decision. MSA staff again confirmed this to me during a discussion last week. I ‘m sure you would agree that this puts us in a difficult situation, as we have conflicting views from two different authorities.
For this reason we therefore believe that MSA and TAIC should collectively advise us on what we should do.
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