Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 69 : Free Balloon Pilot Licence

Subpart 1 : General

69.01.4 Competency
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(1)No holder of a free balloon 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 free balloon 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 referred to in paragraph (a) shall be accompanied by a summary of the holder's logbook in the format prescribed in Document SA-CATS 69.
(c)Notwithstanding the provision 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.

 

(3)

(a)If the Director, or the organisation designated for the purpose in terms of Part 149, as the case may bet suspects that a person, licensed in terms of this Part, has failed to maintain the minimum standard required to exercise the privileges of the free balloon 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.

 

(4)Should the tests or examinations, referred in subregulation (3), 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.

 

(5)If the person, who has been duly notified in terms of subregulation (3), 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 (4) shall with the necessary changes apply.