Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 62 : National Pilot LicensingSubpart 1 : General62.01.9 Competency |
| (1) | No holder of a national pilot licence or rating shall exercise the privileges granted by the licence or rating unless such holder maintains competency by complying with the appropriate requirements prescribed in these Regulations. |
| (2) |
| (a) | The holder of a national pilot licence shall undergo a general proficiency check for each category rating he or she may hold no later than 12 months from the initial issue, and thereafter within a period of 24 months of each previous proficiency check. |
| (b) | In the case of hang-gliders and paragliders, the annual revalidation of the category rating shall be sufficient to confirm proficiency. |
| (c) | The proficiency check, or the annual revalidation procedure, as the case may be, shall include a review of applicable regulations, NOTAMs and AICs. |
| (d) | The provisions of subregulations (6) and (7) shall apply with the necessary changes in respect of the annual revalidation procedure. |
| (3) | Where the holder of a national pilot licence in a particular category who has not maintained competency by passing the general proficiency check or an initial skills test in the same category of aircraft within the 24 months following the issue or revalidation of such licence, he or she shall comply with the following requirements— |
| (a) | in the case where the maintenance of competency has lapsed for less than 24 months, he or she shall, in the same category for which he or she previously held a category endorsement be required to— |
| (i) | undergo a minimum of two periods of dual training of not less than one hour; |
| (ii) | practice at least 1 hour solo flight including 3 take-offs and landings; and |
| (iii) | pass a general proficiency check. |
| (b) | in the case where the maintenance of competency has lapsed by more than 24 months, but less than 60 months, he or she shall be required to— |
| (i) | rewrite the Air Law examination; |
| (ii) | undergo a minimum of two periods of dual training of not less than one hour; |
| (iii) | practice a minimum of 3 hours solo flight including 3 take-offs and landings; and |
| (iv) | pass a general proficiency check. |
| (c) | in the case where the maintenance of competency has lapsed by more than 60 months he or she shall be required to— |
| (i) | rewrite the Air Law examination; |
| (ii) | undergo a minimum of three periods of dual training of not less than 1 hour each; |
| (iii) | practice a minimum of 5 hours solo flight including 5 take-offs and landings; |
| (iv) | undergo a navigation exercise dual or under supervision of 90 minutes or more including one full stop landing at a point other than departure or final destination, and |
| (v) | pass a general proficiency check, including a general confirmation of knowledge on all theoretical subjects. |
| (4) | The proficiency check referred to in subregulation (2), may be conducted by a national flight instructor who is the holder of the appropriate category, class or type rating. |
| (5) | The proficiency check shall consist of a skills test without the need for a cross country flight test as defined in Document SA-CATS 62, to be conducted in an aircraft of the category for which he or she is licensed: Provided that in the case of hang-gliders and paragliders the skills test shall not be a requirement, unless the pilot has not met the annually required number of flights or hours. |
| (6) |
| (a) | The person conducting the proficiency check shall enter the outcome of the proficiency check in the pilot's logbook and sign it accordingly, and submit the relevant test report to the Director, or to the organisation designated for the purpose in terms of Part 149, as the case may be. |
| (b) | The test report referred to in paragraph (a) shall be countersigned by the pilot and the pilot concerned shall be provided with a copy thereof. |
| (7) | Where a pilot fails a proficiency check— |
| (a) | the pilot shall undergo corrective training with a flight instructor, other than the person who conducted the failed proficiency check, before submitting himself or herself for a retest; |
| (b) | no retest shall be conducted without a letter of recommendation by the flight instructor referred to in paragraph (a). |
| (8) |
| (a) | The holder of a national pilot licence shall pay annually the applicable currency fee as prescribed in Part 187 on the anniversary date of his or her licence. |
| (b) | The fee shall be paid to the Director, or to the organisation designated for the purpose in terms of Part 149, as the case may, and shall be accompanied by a summary of his or her logbook for the previous 12 months. |
| (c) | The summary shall be in the format prescribed in Document SA-CATS 62 and be signed, certifying it to be a true reflection of his or her flying experience during the period summarised. |
| (d) | Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), no summary shall be required to accompany the currency fee if during the preceding 12 months a six-monthly or annual summary was submitted as part of an application for the issue, renewal or reissue of a rating. |
| (9) |
| (a) | If the Director, or the organisation designated for the purpose in terms of Part 149, as the case may be, suspects that a person, licensed in terms of this Part, has failed to maintain the minimum standard required to exercise the privileges of the national pilot licence or any of the ratings that he or she holds, the Director or the said organisation must give the holder a reasonable written notice of such suspicion. |
| (b) | The Director or the said organisation may then require the person to undergo, by a specified date , the skill test or all or some of theoretical knowledge examinations prescribed in this Part in respect of such licence or rating. |
| (10) | Should the tests or examinations, referred in subregulation (9), show that the standard of the licence or rating holder is below that required for the licence or rating concerned, the Director or the organisation designated for the purpose in terms of Part 149, as the case may be, shall suspend the holder from exercising all or any of the privileges of that licence or rating until such time as the holder can show that he or she is again able to meet the skill or theoretical knowledge requirements for that licence or rating. |
| (11) | If the person, who has been duly notified in terms of subregulation (8), fails without reasonable cause to present himself or herself by the specified date to undergo the test or examination prescribed, his or her standard shall be deemed to be below that required for the licence or rating concerned and the provisions of subregulation (9) shall apply. |
| (12) | The holder of a lapsed or expired pilot licence issued in terms of Part 61 or Part 62, or where such holder may not exercise the privileges of his or her licence due to non-compliance with the currency requirement, may for the purpose of renewing his or her licence or rating as contemplated in subregulation (2) above, exercise the privileges of the national pilots learner certificate provided for in Part 62 provided that the holder have an appropriate current medical certificate. |