| (1) |
An applicant for an ATPL (Aeroplane) 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, an Instrument Rating and one of the following— |
| (i) |
a South African Private or CPL (Aeroplane); or |
| (ii) |
a pilot licence (aeroplane) issued by a Contracting State; or |
| (iii) |
a SPL where the applicant has completed an integrated training course approved by the Authority; and |
| (d) |
[Regulation 61.07.1(d) deleted by regulation 7(d) 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. |
| (g) |
have passed the skills test referred to in regulation 61.07.4. |
| (2) |
An applicant for an ATPL (Aeroplane) must have completed, in aeroplanes, not less than 1500 hours of flight time of which— |
| (a) |
500 hours must be PICUS; or |
| (b) |
250 hours must be as PIC, of which up to 150 hours may be PICUS; and |
| (c) |
200 hours must be cross-country flight time, of which 100 hours may be as co-pilot or PICUS; |
| (d) |
75 hours must be instrument time, of which not more than 30 hours may be acquired in a FSTD approved for the purpose; and |
| (e) |
100 hours shall be night flight time as PIC or as co-pilot. |
| (4) |
The 1 500 hours flying experience referred to 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 up to a maximum of 500 hours, provided both pilots have completed multi-crew cooperation training; |
| (d) |
As an appropriately rated co-pilot, counted in full; |
| (e) |
As student pilot-in-command and as student PICUS up to a maximum of 50 hours towards the PIC time required for the issue of an ATPL (Aeroplane), counted in full, provided that the Part 141 ATO has been authorised by the Director to allow the logging of student PICUS flight time; |
| (f) |
A maximum of 1 00 hours may have been completed in an FSTD of which a maximum of 25 hours may have been completed in a flight procedures trainer 1 (FNPT 1), or, where the training is provided in an integrated training course, 40 hours in an FNPT II, which may include 1 0 hours in an FNPT 1; |
| (g) |
Up to 50 percent of the 1 500 hours and each of the requirements specified in subregulations (2)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above may be completed in helicopters; and |
[Regulation 61.07.1(4)(g) substituted by regulation 11(o) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
| (h) |
A maximum of 30 hours flight time in touring motor gliders, gliders, micro light aircraft (excluding a weight-shift micro light aeroplane, or an aeroplane with a maximum take-off mass of less than 450 kg), may be counted towards the 1 500 hours experience requirement. |
| (5) |
A South African Air Force qualified pilot or navigator may apply to be credited with theoretical knowledge examination and flight time in terms of regulation 61.01.9(23). |
[Regulation 61.07.1(5) substituted by regulation 11(p) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
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