The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2015

PART 6 Flight Crew licensing – requirement for licence

Requirement for appropriate licence to act as member of flight crew of aircraft registered in Isle of Man

39.—(1) Subject to the exceptions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 6, a person must not act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man without holding an appropriate licence rendered valid under this Order.

(2) An appropriate licence for the purposes of this Part means a licence which entitles the holder to perform the functions being undertaken in relation to the aircraft concerned on the particular flight.

Requirement for appropriate licence to act as member of flight crew of aircraft registered elsewhere than in the Isle of Man

40.  A person must not act as a member of the flight crew that must by or under this Order be carried in an aircraft registered in a country other than the Isle of Man unless—

(a) in the case of an aircraft flying for the purpose of commercial air transport or aerial work, that person is the holder of an appropriate licence granted or rendered valid under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered or the State of the operator; or

(b) in the case of an aircraft on a private flight, that person is the holder of an appropriate licence granted or rendered valid under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered or under this Order, and the Department does not give a direction to the contrary.

Permission required where licence does not meet relevant minimum standards

41.—(1) This article applies to a licence endorsed to the effect that its holder does not satisfy in full the relevant minimum standards established under the Chicago Convention.

(2) The holder of such a licence that has been rendered valid under this Order must not act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man in or over the territory of a Contracting State, except in accordance with a permission granted by the competent authority of that State.

(3) The holder of a licence that has been granted or rendered valid under the law of a Contracting State must not act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft in or over the Isle of Man except in accordance with a permission granted by the Department, whether or not the licence is rendered valid under this Order.