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Section M (MIKE) - Airline Transport Pilot’s License (Aeroplanes)

1. Requirements for issue of Licence— An applicant for an Airline Transport Pilot’s


Licence shall satisfy the following requirements:—

(a) Age— He shall be not less than twentyone years of age on the date of application;

(b) Educational Qualification— He shall have passed class ten plus two with Physics
and mathematics or its equivalent examination from a recognised Board/University.

(c) Medical Fitness— He shall produce on a prescribed proforma a certificate of


physical fitness from an approved Medical Board after undergoing a medical
examination, during which he shall have established his medical fitness on the basis of
compliance with the requirements as notified by the Director-General under Rule 39B;

(d) Knowledge— He shall pass a written and oral examination in Air Regulations, Air
Navigation, Avionics (Radio Aids and Instruments), Aviation Meteorology and Aircraft
and Engines, and Signals (Practical) examination for interpretation of aural and visual
signals as per the syllabus prescribed by the Director-General.

Note: — Holder of a current Commercial Pilot’s Licence, shall not be required to pass
the examination in Air Regulations and that of Senior Commercial Pilot’s Licence shall
not be required to pass any of the examinations.

(e) Experience— He shall produce evidence of having satisfactorily completed as a Pilot


of an aeroplane not less than one thousand five hundred hours of flight time and his
total flying experience shall include —

(i) not less than two hundred and fifty hours of flight time as Pilot-in-Command or as Co-
Pilot performing, under the supervision of a pilot who fulfills the flying experience
requirements of a check pilot, the duties and functions of a pilot-in-command provided
that at least one hundred hours out of these shall be cross-country flight time, including
not less than fifty hours of flight time by night.

Note— Where an aeroplane is required to be operated with a co-pilot in accordance


with the provisions of the Flight Manual of the aeroplane, not more than fifty percent of
the co-pilot flight time shall be credited towards the total flight time required for the issue
of the licence, but not more than fifty percent of the co-pilot flight time under supervision
shall be credited towards pilot-in-command flight experience required for issue of the
licence, and full credit for such flight time shall be given towards total flight time required
for issue of the licence.

(ii) not less than five hundred hours of total cross-country flight time;
(iii) not less than one hundred hours of flight time by night;

(iv) not less than seventy five hours of instrument time under actual or simulated
instrument conditions of which not less than fifty hours shall be in actual flight;

(v) not less than twenty hours of flight time completed within a period of six months
immediately preceding the date of application for the licence.

(f) Other Requirements— (i) He shall be the holder of a Commercial or a Senior


Commercial Pilot’s Licence. However, this will not be applicable for the issue of Airline
Transport Pilot’s Licence to a pilot from Armed Forces who otherwise meets the
requirements;

(ii) He shall have a current Instrument Rating on multi-engine aircraft;

(iii) He shall be in possession of a current Flight Radio Telephone Operator’s Licence


for operation of radio telephone apparatus on board an aircraft issued by the Director-
General.

(g) Skill— He shall have demonstrated his competency to perform by day and by night
the procedures and manoeuvres prescribed in the syllabus to the satisfaction of the
Examiner, on the type of multi-engine aeroplane to which the application for licence
relates within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of application.

The Director General may, however, allow skill tests or part thereof to be carried out on
aircraft/ approved Zero flight Time Training simulator level ‘D’ for the type of aircraft.

Note :— The holder of a current Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)/Senior


Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) issued by the Director-General shall not be
required to undergo general flying tests for the issue of Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence
(Aeroplanes) provided that the licence is issued on the type or types of multi-engine
aeroplane or aeroplanes, as the case may be, included in the aircraft rating of
Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) or Senior Commercial Pilot’s Licence
(Aeroplanes) and the pilot possesses ten hours of flying experience as Pilot-in-
Command or twenty hours as Co-pilot at least on one such multi-engine type within the
preceding six months.

2. Validity — The licence shall be valid for a period as specified in Rule 39C.

3. Renewal— The Licence may be renewed on receipt of satisfactory evidence of the


applicant —

(a) having undergone a medical examination in accordance with para 1(c).

(b) having satisfactorily completed not less than ten hours flight time as Pilot-in-
Command (fifty percent of flight time as Co-Pilot may be counted towards the
requirements of flight time as Pilot-in-Command) within a period of six months
immediately preceding the date of application for renewal, or in lieu thereof; having
satisfactorily completed the flying tests by day and by night as laid down in clause (g) of
paragraph 1 within the same period.

(c) having a current flight Radio Telephone Operator’s Licence, for operation of radio
telephone apparatus on board an aircraft, issued by the Director-General.

(d) having a current Instrument Rating on a multi-engine aircraft.

Note:-Applicants holding Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes), having only


single engine aeroplane or aeroplanes entered in the aircraft type rating on the licence,
shall be able to renew their licence till 31st December, 2001 only on the basis of
satisfactory Instrument Rating Flight Test on single engine aeroplane or aeroplanes
entered in the Licence.

4. Ratings— (a) Aircraft Rating— The licence shall indicate the class and the types of
aeroplanes the holder is entitled to fly. An open rating for all types of aeroplanes having
all-up-weight not exceeding five thousand seven hundred Kgs. may also be granted if
he has completed not less than one thousand hours of flight time as a Pilot-in-
Command on any aeroplane having an all-up-weight of fourteen thousand Kgs. or
above.

(b) Instructor’s Rating— Instructor’s Rating entitles the holder to impart flying
instructions. The privileges and conditions for the issue of these ratings are laid down in
Sections Q and R;

(c) Instrument Rating- The Instrument rating shall be part of the Airline Transport Pilot
License and therefore no separate Instrument Rating shall be issued, however, the
Instrument Rating shall be renewed as per the requirements specified in Section ‘O’ of
Schedule II.

5. Extension of Aircraft Rating— For extension of aircraft rating to include an additional


type of aeroplane, an applicant shall have passed a written examination in Aircraft and
Engines as mentioned in clause (d) of paragraph 1 and shall have acquired, under
appropriate supervision, experience in flying the aircraft of such type or on approved
flight simulator in accordance with the syllabus prescribed by the Director-General
followed by skill test as laid down by the Director-General.

5A.Proficiency Check-

(a) In order to act as a pilot-in-command or co-pilot of transport aeroplanes having an


all-up weight exceeding five thousand seven hundred kilograms, the licence holder shall
be required to undergo an appropriate proficiency check as specified by the Director-
General, in respect of the type of aircraft to be flown.
(b) The proficiency check carried out as per para (a) shall be valid for a period of six
months from the date of the check and shall be renewed for a further period of six
months at a time.

(c) In the case of renewal, the period of validity shall commence from the date of expiry
of the previous validity provided that the check has been carried out within two months
preceding the date of expiry.

6. Privileges.- Subject to the validity of endorsements and ratings in the licence and
compliance with the relevant provisions of Rules 39B, 39C and 42 of these rules, the
privileges of the holder of an Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence shall be—

(a) to exercise the privileges of a Commercial Pilot’s Licence and a Private Pilot’s
Licence;

(b) to act as Pilot-in-Command of an aeroplane having an all-up weight exceeding 5700


Kgs., which is entered in the aircraft rating of his licence, subject to his prior compliance
with the following conditions:-

(i) he shall have completed on that type of aeroplane not less than one hundred hours
of flight time as a Co-pilot, followed by ten consecutive satisfactory route checks, of
which not less than five shall be by night, under the supervision of a Check Pilot
performing the duties and responsibilities of a Pilot-in-Command, and demonstrated his
competency to fly as a Pilot-in-Command to the satisfaction of the Director-General:

Provided that in case of a pilot having previous experience of at least 100 hours as
Pilot-in-Command of transport aeroplanes having all-up weight exceeding 5700 Kgs.,
the required number of route checks may be reduced to six out of which at least three
shall be by night.

(ii) he shall have undergone satisfactorily within the preceding six months of the
intended flight, appropriate proficiency checks in respect of that type of aircraft as
required by the Director-General.

(iii) he shall be in possession of a current Instrument Rating before operating any IFR
flight:

Provided that on the attainment of the age of sixty-five years, such privileges shall be
restricted to that of a Private Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) in accordance with Section E.

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