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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 2 : Student Pilot Licence and Integrated Student Pilot Licence

61.02.7 Slow progress and assistance program

 

(1) In a case where a student pilot demonstrates significantly slow progress, an ATO shall timeously implement an assistance program.

 

(2) An assistance program referred to in subregulation (1) shall be designed to determine the cause of a slow progress and implement corrective measures to assist a student pilot, as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61.

 

(3) In the case where a student pilot that is subject to an assistance program has reached 80 hours of flight time without obtaining a PPL, the skills test towards a PPL shall be conducted by a DFE.

 

[Regulation 61.02.7 substituted by section 4(h) of Notice No. 7844, GG55226, dated 21 August 2026 - Thirty-Third Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2026 and shall come into operation upon Publication in the Government Gazette, save for Part 92, which shall come into operation upon the Proclamation by the President of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act, 2021 (Act No. 22 of 2021]