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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 16 : Grade II Helicopter Flight Instructor Rating

61.16.1 Requirement for Grade II Helicopter Flight Instructor Rating

 

An applicant for a Grade II Helicopter Flight Instructor Rating must—

(a) hold a valid CPL (Helicopter) or an ATPL (Helicopter);
(b) hold a valid night rating;
(c) hold the appropriate instrument flight training endorsement if applicable;
(d) hold, or have held during the immediately preceding 90 days, a valid Grade III Helicopter Flight Instructor Rating;
(e) have given not less than 200 hours of flight instruction as a Grade III Helicopter Flight Instructor and provide proof of having given instruction in every exercise of the PPL syllabus as listed in Appendix 1.1 of Document SA CATS 61;

[Regulation 61.16.1(e) substituted by regulation 30 of Notice No. R. 532, GG 36712, dated 30 July 2013 (First Amendment  of the Civil Aviation Act)]

(f) have successfully completed the appropriate training course as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61, at a Part 141 approved ATO;
(g) have successfully undergone the instructor ground evaluation test referred to in Document SA-CATS 61; and

[Regulation 61.16.1(g) substituted by regulation 11(aa) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]

(h) pass the skills test referred to in regulation 61.16.4 conducted by a DFE within 30 days of successfully completing the instructor ground evaluation referred to in paragraph (g).