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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 61 : Pilot Licensing

Subpart 29 : Commercial Pilot Licence for Powered-Lift

61.29.1 Requirements for CPL(PL)

 

(1) An applicant for a CPL(PL) shall—

 

(a) be 18 years of age or older;

 

(b) hold a valid medical certificate, issued in terms of Part 67;

 

(c) hold a general radio telephony operator’s Certificate;

 

(d) hold a PPL(PL) endorsed with night rating and issued in terms of this Part;

 

(e) have successfully completed relevant training prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61;

 

(f) have passed the relevant theoretical knowledge examinations;

 

(g) have passed the skills test referred to in this Subpart;

 

(h) have completed not less than 200 hours of flight time as a pilot of a Powered-lift of which—
(i) 50 hours as PIC;
(ii) 10 hours of cross-country flights as a PIC, including a cross-country flight totalling not less than 300 NM in the course of which full-stop landings at two different aerodromes shall be made;
(iii) 10 hours of instrument instruction of which not more than 5 hours may be conducted in an FSTD approved for such purpose; and
(iv) 5 hours as a PIC by night, including 5 take-offs and 5 landings.

 

[Regulation 61.29.1 inserted by regulation 6(a) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]