A flight crew member employed by the operator of a commercial air transport free balloon shall have successfully completed the initial training and skills tests as prescribed in Part 69 and through an approved aviation training organisation, and
(a) be the holder of a free balloon pilot licence;
| (b) |
be the holder of a valid Class 1 medical certificate; |
| (c) |
for free balloons less than 120 000 cu ft.— |
| (i) |
have a minimum of 100 hours as pilot in commend of any free balloon plus a minimum of 5 hours of experience on supervised operational flights; and |
| (ii) |
be signed out in his pilot logbook as competent on any hot air balloon less than 120 000 cu ft. by an appropriately rated examiner; |
| (d) |
For free balloons of 120 000 cu ft. and less than 240 000 cu ft.— |
| (i) |
have a minimum of 200 hours as pilot in command of any free balloon plus a minimum of 5 hours of experience on supervised operational flights on balloons of 120 000 cu ft. and less than 240 000 cu ft.; and |
| (ii) |
be signed out in his pilot log book as competent on any hot air balloon of 120 000 cu ft. and less than 240 000 cu ft. by an appropriately rated examiner; |
| (e) |
For free balloons of 240 000 cu ft. and less than 360 000 cu ft.— |
| (i) |
have a minimum of 300 hours as pilot in command of any free balloon of which a minimum of 100 hours must have been on balloons mentioned in paragraph (d) plus a minimum of 5 hours of experience on supervised operational hot air balloon flights on a hot air balloon of 240 000 cu ft. and less than 360 000 cu ft.; |
| (ii) |
be signed out in his pilot log book as competent on any hot air balloon of 240 000 cu ft. and less than 360 000 cu ft. by an appropriately rated examiner; |
| (f) |
For balloons of 360 cu ft. and more – |
| (i) |
have a minimum of 400 hours as pilot in command of any free balloon of which a minimum of 100 hours must have been on balloons mentioned in paragraph (e) plus a minimum of 5 hours of experience on supervised operational hot air balloon flights on a hot air balloon of 360 000 cu ft. and more; |
| (ii) |
be signed out in his pilot log book as competent on any hot air balloon of 360 000 cu ft. and more by an appropriately rated examiner. |
Housing Development Agency Act, 2008
