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Civil Aviation (Operation of Aircraft-Helicopter) Regulations, 2018
67. Pilot Proficiency Checks
Edition: 2018-05-11 · Repealed
67. Pilot Proficiency Checks
(1)The operator shall ensure that piloting technique and the ability to execute emergency procedures is checked in such a way as to demonstrate the pilot's competence on each type or variant of a type of helicopter and where the operation may be conducted under IFR, the operator shall ensure that the pilot's competence to comply with such rules is demonstrated to either a check pilot of the operator or to a representative of the Authority and such checks shall be performed twice within any period of one year and any two such checks which are similar and which occur within a period of four consecutive months shall not alone satisfy this requirement.(2)A person shall not serve nor shall any Operator use a person as a pilot flight crew member unless, since the beginning of the sixth calendar month before that service, that person has passed the proficiency check prescribed by the Authority in the make and model of helicopter on which their services are required.(3)A person shall not serve nor shall any Operator use a person as a flight crew member in instrument flight rules operations unless, since the beginning of the sixth calendar month before that service, that pilot has passed the instrument competency check prescribed by the Authority.(4)At least one of the two annual proficiency checks shall be conducted by an examiner.(5)The other proficiency check may be conducted by a check pilot or the Authority.(6)When the operator schedules flight crew on several variants of the same type of helicopter or different types of helicopters with similar characteristics in terms of operating procedures, systems and handling, the Authority shall decide under which conditions the requirements of subregulation (1) for each variant or each type of helicopter can be combined.