SCHEDULE 7Flight crew of aircraft – licences, ratings, qualifications and maintenance of licence privileges

PART CMaintenance of licence privileges

SECTION 1Requirement for Certificate of Test or Experience

Nature of test3

The appropriate test referred to in paragraph 2—

a

in the case of a test which entitles the holder of the licence of which the certificate forms part to act as pilot in command or co-pilot (or both) of aircraft of the type, types or class specified in the certificate—

i

is a test of the pilot’s competence to fly the aircraft as pilot in command or co-pilot (or both); and

ii

must where the CAA so specifies for the whole or part of a test, be conducted in an aircraft in flight or by means of a flight simulator approved by the CAA.

b

in the case of a test which entitles the holder of the licence of which the certificate forms part to perform the functions to which a flying instructor’s rating (gyroplanes), an assistant flying instructor’s rating (gyroplanes) or an instrument meteorological conditions rating (aeroplanes) relate—

i

is a test of the holder’s ability to perform the functions to which the rating relates; and

ii

must where the CAA so specifies for the whole or part of the test, be conducted in an aircraft in flight.