| (1) | A DTO shall ensure that its facilities, equipment and material are appropriate for a training to be conducted. |
| (2) | A DTO shall have necessary information, technical data, equipment, training devices and material to conduct training for which it is approved. |
| (3) | A DTO shall not make a change in equipment or material that have been accepted for a particular training programme, except with a prior approval by the Director. |
| (4) | A DTO shall ensure that its principal place of business is adequate to maintain the files and records required to perform its operations. |
| (5) | A DTO shall make a declaration containing a list of aerodromes and operating sites where it is permanently or temporarily conducting its training activities, where its training aircraft is based, and where it has its facilities, as required in terms of this Subpart, except in instances where a DTO provides training for balloons hang-gliders and paragliders. |
| (6) | An aerodrome or operating site that serves as a site or destination for cross-country training flights does not need to be listed on a declaration referred to in subregulation (5). |
| (7) | A list of aircraft as per applicable annexure on a declaration of aircraft used by a DTO shall contain at least the models used for training. |
| (8) | A list on a declaration of FSTD used by a DTO shall contain references to the FTSD qualification certificates. |
| (9) | The facilities of a DTO shall comprise of— |
| (a) | flight planning facility providing access to at least: |
| (i) | appropriate and current aviation maps and charts; |
| (ii) | current aeronautical information service information; |
| (iii) | current meteorological information; |
| (iv) | communications to air traffic control; and |
| (v) | any other flight-safety-related material; |
| (b) | adequate briefing facilities of sufficient size and number; |
| (c) | a suitable office to allow flight instructor to write reports on student, complete records and other related documentation, as appropriate; |
| (d) | suitable rest areas for instructors and students, where appropriate to a training task; |
| (e) | in the case of a DTO that provide training for balloons, hang-gliding or paragliding only, a flight operations accommodation listed in paragraph (a) to (b) may be replaced by other suitable facilities when operating; and |
| (f) | the following facilities for theoretical knowledge instruction: |
| (i) | adequate classroom or similar accommodation for current student population; |
| (ii) | suitable demonstration equipment to support theoretical knowledge instruction; and |
| (iii) | suitable office for instructional personnel if applicable. |
| (10) | A training aircraft used by a DTO shall be— |
| (a) | equipped as required for the exercise for which it is used ; and |
| (b) | fitted with primary flight controls that are accessible by both a student and an instructor , provided swing-over flight controls shall not be used. except in the case of a balloon, hang-glider, paraglider or single-seat aircraft. |
| (11) | A DTO is required to use an adequate fleet of training aircraft and not required to own aircraft used. |
| (12) | A DTO shall use airworthy and appropriately equipped aircraft with applicable third party insurance and FSTDs as relevant to a particular training exercise. |
| (13) | A fleet referred to in subregulation (11) shall include, as appropriate to training courses— |
| (a) | in the case of an aeroplane and sail plane, an aircraft suitable for demonstrating stalling and spin, or avoidance; |
| (b) | in the case of a helicopter, an aircraft suitable for auto-rotation demonstration; and |
| (c) | in the case of FSTDs, each FSTD shall be equipped as required in the training specifications concerning a course for which it is used: Provided that a DTO may utilise a single aircraft that has all the required characteristics of a training aircraft in paragraphs (a) and (b). |
[Regulation 141.08.11 inserted by regulation 40 of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
