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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 5 : Commercial Pilot Licence (Aeroplane)

61.05.1 Requirements for CPL (Aeroplane)

 

(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) 10 hours of instrument instruction time, of which not more than 5 hours may have been acquired in a FSTD; and
(e) at least 5 hours instruction in an aeroplane with adjustable flaps, retractable undercarriage and variable pitch propeller or turbojet engine.

[Regulation 61.05.1(3)(d) and (e) substituted by regulation 11(i) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]

 

(4) A South African Air Force qualified pilot may apply to be credited with theoretical knowledge examination and flight time in terms of this Part.

[Regulation 61.05.1(4) substituted by regulation 11(j) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]