Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 61 : Pilot LicensingSubpart 26 : Designated Flight Examiners61.26.1 Categories of DFEs |
| (1) | The Director may, in writing, designate flight examiners in one or more of the following categories— |
| (a) | DFE I; |
| (b) | DFE II; |
| (c) | DFE III; |
| (d) | Approved Person to act as OFE. |
| (e) | Authorised Officer ; |
| (f) | Designated Test Pilot Examiner. |
| (2) | Any reference to 'examiner' in this Subpart shall mean a reference to each and every category of the above examiners. |
| (3) | Designation in any of the categories referred to in subregulation (1) may be in any of the aircraft categories and will be indicated in parenthesis after the designation by the letters A, H, G, B, P or S for Aeroplane, Helicopter, Glider, Free Balloon, Powered-lift or Airship respectively. |
| (4) | Examiners may be designated in more than one of the aircraft categories provided they meet the qualification and experience requirements set out in this Subpart for each of the aircraft categories for which authorisation is sought. |
| (5) |
| (a) | ln order to provide for exceptional circumstances, the Director may, on written application, approve a national of a Contracting State to act as an Official Flight Examiner , for a period not exceeding 90 days, for the purposes of licence and instrument rating revalidations, class and type rating revalidations, initial type ratings or differences training. |
| (b) | Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), the Director may approve an OFE for a period of up to 12 months where that person is a type rating examiner in the employ of an approved foreign Type Rating Training Organisation. |
| (6) | In order to be considered for the purposes of subregulation (5), the applicant must meet at least the following minimum experience and qualification levels— |
| (a) | hold the equivalent examiner designation, or qualifications as those prescribed in paragraph (b) of regulation 61.26.3(1), issued by the appropriate authority of a Contracting State acceptable to the Director; or |
| (b) | hold at least a valid CPL in the applicable category of aircraft; and; |
| (c) | have accum.ulated not less than 2 000 flying hours, of which at least— |
| (i) | 100 hours must be instrument flight time; |
| (ii) | 50 hours must be night flight time; and |
| (iii) | 100 hours must be as PIC on type; |
| (d) | in the case of a type rating, the applicant must have accumulated not less than 10 hours as instructor on type; |
| (e) | in the case where the applicant does not hold the equivalent of a South African Grade II Flight Instructor Rating, such person must act under the supervision of a suitably qualified instructor, an appointed DFE or Authority Authorised Officer or a person designated with examining privileges by the Director. |