CASA EX218/15 Exemption from the flight instructor rating flight test (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX218/15

I, MARK ALAN SKIDMORE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed M. Skidmore]

Mark Skidmore AM
Director of Aviation Safety

22 December 2015

Exemption — from the flight instructor rating flight test

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day of registration; and

(b)   expires at the end of 31 March 2016.

2          Definitions

        (1)     In this instrument:

                 CASR 1998 means the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

                 FIR means flight instructor rating.

                 PIRC means the pilot instructor rating aeronautical knowledge examination.

                 PIRC exemption means CASA EX215/15.

        (2)     In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears:

(a)   words and phrases have the same meaning as in CASR 1998; and

(b)   a reference to a provision or table commencing with the numerals “61” is a reference to the provision or table of the same number in Part 61 of CASR 1998.

3          Application

                 This instrument applies to a person (a relevant person):

(a)   to whom the PIRC exemption applies; and

(b)   for whom the PIRC exemption has taken effect; and

(c)   who has previously passed the flight test for an FIR while lacking eligibility for the test solely because he or she had not passed the PIRC; and

(d)   who, when the person has passed the PIRC, desires CASA to grant a new FIR without the person having to pass the flight test again.

4          Exemptions

        (1)     A relevant person mentioned in section 3 is exempted from compliance with the requirements of the following provisions:

(a)   subregulations 61.155 (1) and (2) (making an application for an FIR) — but only to the extent that the relevant person must make an application for the grant of an FIR;

(b)   paragraph 61.165 (a) (application required for the grant of an FIR) — but only to the extent that the relevant person must make an application for the grant of an FIR;

(c)   paragraph 61.165 (c) (the requirements mentioned in Part 61 must be met for the grant of an FIR) — but only to the extent of the requirement under paragraph 61.1185 (2) (c) that the relevant person must pass the flight test for the grant of an FIR;

(d)   paragraph 61.1185 (2) (c) (passing the flight test mentioned in the Part 61 Manual of Standards for the FIR) — but only to the extent that a flight test is required under paragraph 61.1185 (2) (c) for CASA to grant an FIR after the relevant person has passed the PIRC for the PIRC exemption.

        (2)     To avoid doubt, the words in italics in subsection (1) are for guidance only and do not affect the meaning of the subsection.

5          Conditions

                 The exemptions in subsection 4 (1) take effect for a relevant person only if, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this instrument, the person:

(a)   passes the PIRC; and

(b)   provides CASA with the following information and documents by email to the following address, [email protected]:

             (i)  the person’s name and Aviation Reference Number;

            (ii)  details of when the flight test for an FIR was previously passed while the person lacked eligibility for the test solely because he or she had not passed the PIRC;

           (iii)  details of when the PIRC for the PIRC exemption was passed; and

(c)   requests CASA, on the basis of this exemption instrument, to grant an FIR to the person without the person having to pass the FIR flight test again; and

(d)   acknowledges that the person’s next instructor proficiency check must be carried out at the intervals as if the previous FIR were still in force.