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The Civil Aviation (Construction of Visual and Instrument Flight Procedures) Regulations, 2025
15. Competency of flight validation pilots.
Edition: 2026-03-03 · In force
15. Competency of flight validation pilots.
(1)The flight procedure design service provider shall ensure that a person conducting flight validation including simulator evaluation is a qualified and experienced flight validation pilot.(2)The qualifications for flight validation pilot shall include—(a)at least a commercial pilot licence with instrument rating;(b)a requirement that the licence held by the flight validation pilot shall be for the aircraft category appropriate for the procedure to be validated; and(c)meet all the experience requirements for the airline transport pilot licence in the relevant category of aircraft as described in personnel licensing regulations except that the flight validation pilot does not have to be the pilot-in-command of the validation flight nor is he required to have the type rating on the aircraft used for the validation flight.(3)The flight procedures designer shall provide all data required to conduct a flight validation, flight inspection, and flight simulator evaluation to the entity conducting the exercise.