New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association Industrial Union of Workers Inc v Director of Civil Aviation - [2017] 3 NZLR 1

Aviation — Airport safety — Provision of safety area at ends of aerodrome runways — Whether Director erred when accepting Wellington International Airport’s proposed RESA for extended runway — Whether correct test applied to Airport’s application — Whether minimum length of RESA sufficient if greater length practicable — Whether any factor made full RESA length impracticable — “Practicable” — Civil Aviation Act 1990, s 28, Rules under Part 3.

Aviation — International law — Convention on International Civil Aviation — Through New Zealand law New Zealand had responsibility to adopt international standards and conform with recommended practices — Whether Director erred when accepting Wellington International Airport’s proposed RESA for extended runway — Whether correct test applied to Airport’s application — “Practicable” — Convention on International Civil Aviation, arts 37 and 139, Appendix A.1