| (1) |
An applicant for a CPL (Aeroplane) must— |
| (a) |
be 18 years or older; |
| (b) |
hold a valid medical certificate, issued in terms of Part 67; |
[Regulation 61.03.1(1)(b) substituted by regulation 5(l) of Notice No. R. 984, GG 41915, dated 21 September 2018 (Nineteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2018)]
| (c) |
hold at least a valid general certificate of proficiency in radiotelephony (aeronautical); |
| (d) |
produce evidence of holding or having held, within the previous 60 months, one of the following: |
| (i) |
a South African PPL (Aeroplane); |
| (ii) |
a pilot licence (aeroplane) issued by a Contracting State; |
| (iii) |
a SPL where the applicant has completed an integrated training course approved by the Authority; |
| (e) |
have successfully completed the training as prescribed in Document 61 at an approved Part 141 ATO; |
| (f) |
have passed the theoretical knowledge examination as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61. |
| (g) |
have passed the skills test referred to in regulation 61.05.4; and |
| (h) |
hold a valid night rating (aeroplane). |
| (2) |
An applicant for a CPL (Aeroplane) must have completed not less than— |
| (a) |
200 hours of flight time, which may include 20 hours of flight instruction time in a FSTD, approved for the purpose; or |
| (b) |
150 hours of flight time if he or she has successfully completed the integrated training referred to in regulation 61.01.15. |
| (3) |
The total of 200 hours or 150 hours, as the case may be, referred to in subregulation (2), must include— |
| (a) |
100 hours as PIC, or 70 hours as PIC in the case of an applicant who has undergone the integrated training; and |
| (b) |
20 hours of cross-country flight time as PIC, including one flight of not less than 300 NM, in the course of which full-stop landings at not less than two different aerodromes away from base must have been made; and |
| (c) |
5 hours of night flying as PIC, including not less than 10 take-offs and 10 landings by night, and a cross-country flight of at least three legs, each of a minimum length of 50 NM; and |
| (d) |
20 hours of instrument instruction time, of which not more than 10 hours may have been acquired in a FSTD; and |
|
(e) |
least 5 hours instruction in an aeroplane with adjustable flaps, retractable undercarriage and variable pitch propeller or turbojet engine. |
| (4) |
A South African Air Force pilot or navigator may apply for exemption for some or all of these requirements as indicated in subregulation 61.01.9(23). |
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