Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 68 : Glider Pilot LicenceSubpart 1 : General68.01.4 Competency |
| (1) | A holder of a glider pilot licence or rating shall not 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 glider pilot licence shall undergo a general proficiency check no later than 12 months from the date of initial issue, and thereafter within a period of 24 months of each previous proficiency check. |
| (b) | The proficiency check, or the annual revalidation procedure, as the case may be, shall include a review of applicable regulations, NOTAMs and AICs. |
| (c) | The provisions of subregulations (6) and (7) applies with the necessary changes in respect of the annual revalidation procedure. |
| (3) | Where the holder of a glider pilot licence has not maintained competency by passing the general proficiency check or an initial skills test within the 24 months following the issue or revalidation of a glider pilot licence, he or she shall comply with the following requirements— |
| (a) | where the maintenance of competency has lapsed for less than 24 months, he or she shall, in the same class for which he or she previously held a class endorsement be required to— |
| (i) | undergo a minimum of one period of dual training of not less than one hour; |
| (ii) | practice at least 1 hour solo flight; 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; and |
| (iv) | pass a general proficiency check; |
| (c) | where the maintenance of competency has lapsed by more than 60 months, the licence holder shall be required to comply with the initial issue requirements of regulation 68.03.2. |
| (3) | The proficiency check, referred to in subregulation (2), may be conducted by a glider instructor who is the holder of the appropriate class and sub-class rating. |
| (4) | The proficiency check shall consist of a skills test without the need for a cross country flight test as defined in Document SA-CATS 68, to be conducted in an glider of the class and subclass for which he or she is licensed. |
(5)
| (a) | The person, conducting the proficiency check, shall enter the outcome of the proficiency check in the pilots 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 of the Regulations, 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. |
| (6) | 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). |
(7)
| (a) | The holder of a glider 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 holder shall submit, together with the currency fee, a summary of his or her logbook for the previous 12 months in the format prescribed in Document SA-CATS 68 unless 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. |
(8)
| (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 glider pilot licence or any of the ratings that he or she holds, the Director or the said organisation may, after having afforded the licence holder an opportunity to respond, give in writing the licence holder reasonable notice of such suspicion. |
| (b) | The Director or the said organisation may then require the person to undergo, by a date specified by the Director or the said organisation, the skill test or all or some of theoretical knowledge examinations prescribed in this Part in respect of such licence or rating. |
| (9) | Should the tests or examinations, referred in subregulation (8), 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. |
| (10) | 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 with the necessary changes apply. |
| (11) | The holder of a lapsed or expired glider pilot licence issued in terms of this Part, may for the purpose of renewing his or her licence or rating as contemplated in this Part, exercise the privileges of the glider student pilot licence provided for in this Part, provided that the holder has an appropriate current medical certificate. |