CASA EX110/09 – Exemption – initial NVG pilot flight training prerequisites (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX110/09

I, GREGORY JAMES HOOD, Executive Manager, CASA Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subclause 29.2 in Appendix 3 of Civil Aviation Order 82.6(CAO 82.6).

[Signed Greg Hood]

Greg Hood
Executive Manager
CASA Operations Division

16 December 2009

Exemption — initial NVG pilot flight training prerequisites

1           Application

                This instrument applies to each member of the Saudi Arabian National Guard who is registered as a trainee NVG pilot (SANG trainee) with Becker Helicopter Services Pty Ltd (Becker).

2           Exemption

                Each SANG trainee is exempt from the following initial NVG pilot flight training prerequisites of subclause 29.1 in Appendix 3 of CAO 82.6, namely, paragraphs 29.1 (a) to (e), inclusive.

3           Conditions

                Each exemption of a SANG trainee is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

4           Duration

                This instrument:

(a)     commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b)     stops having effect for a SANG trainee at the earlier of:

                  (i)   the end of 30 November 2011; or

                 (ii)   the SANG trainee ceasing to be a SANG trainee with Becker.

Schedule 1      Conditions for the exemption to apply

Safety case

        1      Becker must comply with the applicable procedures, requirements and undertakings in its safety case dated 1 December 2009.

        2      Subject to this instrument, Becker must comply with, or ensure compliance with, all applicable provisions of CAO 82.6 for NVG pilot training.

        3      Becker must ensure that CASA remains satisfied that its safety case continues to be appropriate in relation to the NVG training of each SANG trainee.

        4      Becker must comply with any written direction of CASA intended to ensure the continuing safety of the NVG training of each SANG trainee.

Note   Subject to this instrument, a written direction must be consistent with CAO 82.6.

NVG flight instructors

        5      Each NVG flight instructor for a SANG trainee must have as a minimum the qualifications and experience set out in paragraphs 15.4 (a) to (h) (inclusive) in Appendix 3 of CAO 82.6.

        6      Without affecting clause 5, each NVG flight instructor for a SANG trainee must also have a minimum of:

(a)     100 hours of post-NVG qualification NVG flight time; and

(b)     12 months of post-NVG qualification NVG flying experience.

        7      For clause 6, the NVG flight time and the NVG flying experience must be in 1 or more of the following capacities:

(a)     as NVG pilot in command;

(b)     as NVG pilot in command under supervision (known as ICUS);

(c)     as NVG pilot under post-initial qualification dual training.

SANG trainees

        8      Before commencing NVG training, each SANG trainee must have completed with Becker at least 150 hours of helicopter flight training.

        9      For clause 8, the flight training must comprise at least the following flight training hours:

(a)     80 hours basic and tactical training in a Bell 206 Jet ranger helicopter (Bell 206);

(b)     55 hours of helicopter instrument training, being:

                  (i)   30 hours in a Bell 206 simulator; and

                 (ii)   25 hours actual flight time in a Bell 206;

(c)10 hours of NVFR training in a Bell 206;

(d)5 hours of NVG training in a Bell 206 simulator separate from the hours mentioned in sub‑subparagraph (b) (i).

      10      The SANG trainee must not conduct any solo NVG flying but must at all relevant times fly in planned flight as a registered SANG trainee with a qualified NVG flying instructor who complies with clauses 5, 6 and 7.