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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 17 : Grade I Helicopter Flight Instructor Rating

61.17.1 Requirements for Grade I Helicopter Flight Instructor Rating

 

(1) A person may only be issued with a Grade I Helicopter Flight Instructor  Rating if that person has—
(a) a valid CPL(H) or an ATPL(H);
(b) a valid multi-engine instrument rating;
(c) appropriate instrument flight training endorsement;
(d) been in possession of a valid Grade II Helicopter Flight Instructor Rating within immediately preceding 90 days;
(e) had a Grade II Helicopter Flight Instructor Rating for at least 8 months;
(f) given at least 1 500 hours of flight instruction as a helicopter flight instructor;
(g) within the last six months, acquired at least 10 hours of instrument flight time in an aircraft or an approved FSTD;
(h) successfully completed appropriate training course as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61 offered by an approved ATO;
(i) successfully undergone the instructor ground evaluation test referred to in Document SA-CATS 61; and
(j) undergone skills test referred to in regulation 61.17.4.

 

(2) A skills test referred to in subregulation (1)(j) must be conducted by a DFE within 30 days of successfully completing an instructor ground evaluation referred to in subregulation (1)(1).

 

[Regulation 61.17.1 substituted by regulation 11(bb) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]