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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 8  : Airline Transport Pilot Licence (Helicopter)

61.08.1 Requirements for ATPL (Helicopter)

 

(1) An applicant for an ATPL (Helicopter) must—
(a) be not less than 21 years of age;
(b) hold a valid Class 1 medical certificate, issued in terms of Part 67;
(c) produce evidence of holding or having held, within the previous 60 months, a Night Rating and one the following—
(i) a South African PPL or CPL (Helicopter); or
(ii) a pilot licence (Helicopter) issued by a Contracting State; or
(iii) a SPL where the applicant has completed an integrated training course approved by the Director;
(d) [Regulation 61.08.1(d) substituted by regulation 7(e) of Notice No. R. 783, GG 39151, dated 1 September 2015 (Ninth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2015)];
(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; and
(g) have passed the skills test referred to in regulation 61.08.4.

 

(2) An applicant for an ATPL (Helicopter) must have completed not less than 1 500 hours of flight time in helicopters, which must include—
(a) 250 hours as PIC, of which up to 70 hours may be PICUS; and;
(b) 200 hours cross-country flight time, of which 1 00 hours may be as co-pilot or PICUS;
(c) 30 hours instrument flight instruction time, of which not more than 10 hours may be acquired in a helicopter FSTD approved for the purpose by the Director, during the six months immediately preceding the date of application if he or she is not the holder of an instrument rating; and
(d) 50 hours night flight time as PIC or as co-pilot.

 

(3) The 1 500 hours flying experience prescribed in subregulation (2) may comprise flight time in any of the following capacities:
(a) As PIC, counted in full;
(b) As pilot under instruction (dual), counted in full;
(c) As co-pilot performing under the supervision of the PIC the functions and duties of the PIC, counted in full;
(d) As co-pilot, counted in full;
(e) As student pilot-in-command, counted in full up to a maximum of 30 hours towards the PIC time required for the issue of an ATPL (Helicopter); and
(f) A maximum of 100 hours may have been completed in a approved FSTD of which a maximum of 25 hours may have been completed in a flight navigation procedures trainer (FNPT);

 

(4) Up to 50 percent of the 1 500 hours may be completed in aeroplanes.

 

(5) A South African Air Force pilot flight instructor or navigator instructor may apply for exemption for some or all of these requirements as indicated in regulation 61.01.9(23).

 

 


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