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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 30 : ATPL(PL)

61.30.1 Requirements for an ATPL(PL)

 

(1) An applicant for an ATPL(PL) shall—

 

(a) be 21 years of age or older;

 

(b) hold a valid medical certificate, issued in terms of Part 67;

 

(c) hold a CPL(PL) issued in terms of this Part, and endorsed with an instrument rating;

 

(d) have successfully completed relevant training as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61;

 

(e) have passed relevant theoretical knowledge examinations;

 

(f) have passed skills test referred to in this Subpart; and

 

(g) have completed not less than 1500 hours of flight time as a pilot of Powered-lift of which—
(i) 250 hours, either as PIC, or made up of not less than 70 hours as PIC and the necessary additional flight time as PIC under supervision;
(ii) 100 hours of cross-country flight time, of which not less than 50 hours should be as PIC or as PIC under supervision;
(iii) 75 hours of instrument time, of which not more than 30 hours may be instrument ground time; and
(iv) 25 hours of night flight as PIC or as co-pilot.

 

[Regulation 61.30.1 inserted by regulation 6(a) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]