Part 61 Flight Crew Licensing (Prescribed Aircraft and Type Ratings) (Edition 9) Instrument 2023 (as amended)
made under regulations 61.050, 61.055, 61.060, 61.061, 61.062 and 61.063 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
This compilation was prepared on 8 September 2023 taking into account amendments up to Part 61 Flight Crew Licensing (Prescribed Aircraft and Type Ratings) (Edition 9) Amendment Instrument 2023. It is a compilation of Part 61 Flight Crew Licensing (Prescribed Aircraft and Type Ratings) (Edition 9) Instrument 2023 as amended and in force on 8 September 2023.
Prepared by the Advisory and Drafting Branch, Legal, International & Regulatory Affairs Division, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra.
Compilation No. 1.
Contents
Page
Division 1 — Preliminary. 3
1 Name and commencement 3
3 Interpretation. 3
4 Multi-engine aeroplanes in the single-engine aeroplane class. 3
Division 2 — Prescription of type ratings and variants: multi-crew aircraft 4
5 Type ratings — multi-crew aeroplanes. 4
5A Transitional provisions — type rating A330. 4
6 Type ratings — multi-crew helicopters. 4
7 Variants — multi-crew aeroplanes. 4
8 Variants — multi-crew helicopters. 4
9 Differences training — multi-crew aeroplanes. 4
10 Differences training — multi-crew helicopters. 5
11 Multi-crew type ratings for which flight review or instrument proficiency check met
by a single flight review.. 5
12 Multi-crew type ratings for which instrument proficiency check met by a single
instrument proficiency check. 5
Division 3 — Prescription of type‑ratings and variants: single‑pilot aircraft 6
13 Aeroplanes requiring a single-pilot type rating. 6
14 Helicopters requiring a single-pilot type rating. 6
15 Type ratings — single-pilot aeroplanes. 6
16 Type ratings — single-pilot helicopters. 6
17 Variants — single-pilot aeroplanes. 6
18 Variants — single-pilot helicopters. 6
19 Differences training — single-pilot aeroplanes. 6
20 Differences training — single-pilot helicopters. 6
21 Single-pilot type ratings for which flight review met by a single flight review.. 7
22 Single-pilot type ratings for which instrument proficiency check met by a single
instrument proficiency check. 7
Division 4 — Prescription of type-rated aircraft: flight review requirements for class ratings. 8
23 Aircraft types for which flight review for a pilot type rating meets flight review requirements for a class rating 8
Division 5 — Prescription of types of aircraft for additional limitations on class ratings. 9
24 Aircraft types for which flight training and flight review are required for exercise of privileges of a class rating — single-engine aeroplanes. 9
25 Aircraft types for which flight training and flight review are required for exercise of privileges of a class rating — multi-engine aeroplanes. 9
26 Aircraft types for which flight training and flight review are required for exercise of privileges of a class rating — single-engine helicopters. 9
27 Single-engine helicopters that may be used for flight reviews for other types of
single-engine helicopter 9
Schedule 1 Multi-engine aeroplanes included in the single-engine aeroplane class. 10
Schedule 2 Multi-crew pilot aeroplane type ratings, variants and differences training. 11
Schedule 3 Multi-crew pilot helicopter type ratings, variants and differences training. 18
Schedule 4 Multi-crew type ratings for which flight review or instrument proficiency
check met by a single flight review.. 19
Schedule 5 Multi-crew type ratings for which instrument proficiency check met by a
single instrument proficiency check. 20
Schedule 6 Single-pilot type-rated aeroplanes, type ratings, variants and differences
training. 21
Schedule 7 Single-pilot type-rated helicopters, type ratings, variants and differences
training. 23
Schedule 8 Single-pilot type ratings for which flight review met by a single flight
review.. 25
Schedule 9 Single-pilot type ratings for which instrument proficiency check met by a
single instrument proficiency check. 26
Schedule 10 Types of multi-engine aeroplanes for which the conduct of a flight
review for a pilot rating meets the flight review requirements for the
multi-engine aeroplane class rating. 27
Schedule 11 Types of single-engine helicopters for which the conduct of a flight
review for a pilot rating meets the flight review requirements for the
single-engine helicopter class rating. 28
Schedule 12 Types of single-engine aeroplanes for which flight training and flight
review are required for exercising the privileges of the single-engine
aeroplane class rating. 29
Schedule 13 Types of multi-engine aeroplanes for which flight training and flight
review are required for exercising the privileges of the multi‑engine aeroplane class rating 30
Schedule 14 Types of single-engine helicopters for which flight training and flight
review are required for exercising the privileges of the single-engine
helicopter class rating. 31
Schedule 15 Types of single-engine helicopters that may be used for flight reviews
for other types of single-engine helicopters. 32
Note to Part 61 Flight Crew Licensing (Prescribed Aircraft and Type Ratings) (Edition 9) Instrument 2023 33
Division 1 — Preliminary
1 Name and commencement
(1) This instrument is the Part 61 Flight Crew Licensing (Prescribed Aircraft and Type Ratings) (Edition 9) Instrument 2023.
3 Interpretation
Note In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include: CASR, differences training, flight review, model, single-pilot type rating and variant.
(1) In this instrument:
AYT means auto yaw trim.
cell, for a column of a table in a Schedule of this instrument, means each individual, undivided unit (regardless of its size) into which the column is subdivided.
CPDS means centre panel display system.
CR, at the end of a type rating designation, means cruise relief co-pilot.
CRFE, at the end of a type rating designation, means cruise relief flight engineer.
DTR means differences training required.
FE, at the end of a type rating designation, means flight engineer.
GVFD means global vision flight deck.
licence document has the meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR.
PEC means propeller engine control.
SP, at the end of a type rating designation, means single pilot.
TF means tactile feedback.
(2) Column 1 of a table in a Schedule of this instrument contains general information only and is not intended to qualify or otherwise affect the meaning or operation of anything else in the Schedule.
4 Multi-engine aeroplanes in the single-engine aeroplane class
Note This section heading is reserved for future use, for the purposes of regulation 61.050 of CASR.
Division 2 — Prescription of type ratings and variants: multi‑crew aircraft
5 Type ratings — multi-crew aeroplanes
For the purposes of paragraph 61.055 (1) (a) of CASR, for each multi‑crew aeroplane model mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 2, the type rating or type ratings mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4 may be granted for multi-crew operation.
5A Transitional provisions — type rating A330
References on licence documents to old type rating
(1) Subsection (2) applies if, immediately before this instrument commences, a person is the holder of the type rating A330, or A330(CR).
(2) A reference, on the person’s licence document, to the type rating designation “A330” is, immediately after this instrument commences, taken to be a reference to the type rating designation “A330/350”.
Applications for type rating A330, or A330(CR), not finalised
(3) An application for the issue of the type rating A330, or A330(CR), that, immediately before this instrument commences, has not been finally determined is taken to be an application for the grant of the type rating A330/350, or A330/350(CR), respectively.
6 Type ratings — multi-crew helicopters
For the purposes of paragraph 61.055 (1) (a) of CASR, for each multi‑crew helicopter model mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 3, the type rating or type ratings mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4 may be granted for multi-crew operation.
7 Variants — multi-crew aeroplanes
For the purposes of paragraph 61.055 (1) (b) of CASR, where the multi‑crew aeroplane models mentioned in 1 or more cells of column 2 of the table in Schedule 2 have the same type rating, or ratings, as mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4, each model is a variant of the other models.
8 Variants — multi-crew helicopters
For the purposes of paragraph 61.055 (1) (b) of CASR, where the multi‑crew helicopter models mentioned in 1 or more cells of column 2 of the table in Schedule 3 have the same type rating, or ratings, as mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4 of the table, each model is a variant of the other models.
9 Differences training — multi-crew aeroplanes
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 61.055 (1) (c) of CASR, if the abbreviation “DTR” appears in a cell of column 3 of the table in Schedule 2 corresponding with a type rating in column 4, then differences training is required for a person to exercise the privileges of the type rating in a variant mentioned in a corresponding cell in column 2 that is different from the variant for which the person first received the type rating.
(2) However, differences training is not required for a variant that is in the same cell in column 2 as the variant for which the person first received the type rating.
10 Differences training — multi-crew helicopters
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 61.055 (1) (c) of CASR, if the abbreviation “DTR” appears in a cell of column 3 of the table in Schedule 3 corresponding with a type rating in column 4, then differences training is required for a person to exercise the privileges of the type rating in a variant mentioned in a corresponding cell in column 2 that is different from the variant for which the person first received the type rating.
(2) However, differences training is not required for a variant that is in the same cell in column 2 as the variant for which the person first received the type rating.
11 Multi-crew type ratings for which flight review or instrument proficiency check met by a single flight review
Note This section heading is reserved for future use, for the purposes of paragraph 61.055 (1) (d) of CASR.
12 Multi-crew type ratings for which instrument proficiency check met by a single instrument proficiency check
Note This section heading is reserved for future use, for the purposes of paragraph 61.055 (1) (e) of CASR.
Division 3 — Prescription of type‑ratings and variants: single‑pilot aircraft
13 Aeroplanes requiring a single-pilot type rating
For the purposes of paragraph 61.060 (1) (a) of CASR, for each aeroplane type certificated for single-pilot operation and mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 6, a single-pilot type rating is required.
14 Helicopters requiring a single-pilot type rating
For the purposes of paragraph 61.060 (1) (a) of CASR, for each helicopter type certificated for single-pilot operation and mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 7, a single-pilot type rating is required.
15 Type ratings — single-pilot aeroplanes
For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060 (1) (b) (i) of CASR, for each aeroplane type certificated for single-pilot operation and mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 6, the type rating or type ratings mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4 may be granted for single-pilot operation.
16 Type ratings — single-pilot helicopters
For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060 (1) (b) (i) of CASR, for each helicopter type certificated for single-pilot operation and mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 7, the type rating or type ratings mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4 may be granted for single-pilot operation.
17 Variants — single-pilot aeroplanes
For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060 (1) (b) (ii) of CASR, where the single‑pilot aeroplane models mentioned in 1 or more cells of column 2 of the table in Schedule 6 have the same type rating, or ratings, as mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4, each model is a variant of the other models.
18 Variants — single-pilot helicopters
For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060 (1) (b) (ii) of CASR, where the single‑pilot helicopter models mentioned in 1 or more cells of column 2 of the table in Schedule 7 have the same type rating, or ratings, as mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4, each model is a variant of the other models.
19 Differences training — single-pilot aeroplanes
(1) For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060 (1) (b) (iii) of CASR, if the abbreviation “DTR” appears in a cell of column 3 of the table in Schedule 6 corresponding with a type rating in column 4, then differences training is required for a person to exercise the privileges of the type rating in a variant mentioned in a corresponding cell in column 2 that is different from the variant for which the person first received the type rating.
(2) However, differences training is not required for a variant that is in the same cell in column 2 as the variant for which the person first received the type rating.
20 Differences training — single-pilot helicopters
(1) For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060 (1) (b) (iii) of CASR, if the abbreviation “DTR” appears in a cell of column 3 of the table in Schedule 7 corresponding with a type rating in column 4, then differences training is required for a person to exercise the privileges of the type rating in a variant mentioned in a corresponding cell in column 2 that is different from the variant for which the person first received the type rating.
(2) However, differences training is not required for a variant that is in the same cell in column 2 as the variant for which the person first received the type rating.
21 Single-pilot type ratings for which flight review met by a single flight review
Note This section heading is reserved for future use, for the purposes of paragraph 61.060 (1) (c) of CASR.
22 Single-pilot type ratings for which instrument proficiency check met by a single instrument proficiency check
Note This section heading is reserved for future use, for the purposes of paragraph 61.060 (1) (d) of CASR.
Division 4 — Prescription of type-rated aircraft: flight review requirements for class ratings
23 Aircraft types for which flight review for a pilot type rating meets flight review requirements for a class rating
For the purposes of regulation 61.061 of CASR, the flight review requirements for the multi‑engine aeroplane class rating are met by a flight review for a multi‑engine aeroplane pilot type rating in a multi-engine aeroplane that is mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 10.
Note No flight review requirements for the single-engine helicopter class rating, for the purposes of regulation 61.061 of CASR, are currently prescribed.
Division 5 — Prescription of types of aircraft for additional limitations on class ratings
24 Aircraft types for which flight training and flight review are required for exercise of privileges of a class rating — single-engine aeroplanes
For the purposes of regulation 61.062 of CASR, a person may not exercise the privileges of a single-engine aeroplane class rating in an aeroplane of a type or model mentioned in a cell of column 2 of the table in Schedule 12 unless the person meets the flight training and flight review requirements in regulation 61.747 of CASR in any type or model of aeroplane mentioned in the same cell of the column.
25 Aircraft types for which flight training and flight review are required for exercise of privileges of a class rating — multi-engine aeroplanes
For the purposes of regulation 61.062 of CASR, a person may not exercise the privileges of a multi-engine aeroplane class rating in an aeroplane of a type or model mentioned in a cell of column 2 of the table in Schedule 13 unless the person meets the flight training and flight review requirements in regulation 61.747 of CASR in any type or model of aeroplane mentioned in the same cell of the column.
26 Aircraft types for which flight training and flight review are required for exercise of privileges of a class rating — single-engine helicopters
For the purposes of regulation 61.062 of CASR, a person may not exercise the privileges of a single-engine helicopter class rating in a helicopter of a type or model mentioned in a cell of column 2 of the table in Schedule 14 unless the person meets the flight training and flight review requirements in regulation 61.747 of CASR in any type or model of helicopter mentioned in the same cell of the column.
27 Single-engine helicopters that may be used for flight reviews for other types of single-engine helicopter
Note This section heading is reserved for future use, for the purposes of regulation 61.063 of CASR.