Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The holder of a simulator instructor rating is authorised to exercise the privileges of the rating only if the holder has a valid instructor proficiency check.
(2) For subregulation (1), the holder is taken to have a valid instructor proficiency check during the following periods:
(a) the period from when the holder passes the flight test for the rating to the end of the 12th month after the month in which the holder passes the flight test;
(b) if:
(i) the holder passes the flight test for a training endorsement; and
(ii) the flight test is conducted more than 6 months after the holder passes the flight test for the rating;
the period from when the holder passes the flight test for the endorsement to the end of the 24th month after the month in which the holder passes the flight test for the endorsement;
(c) if the holder successfully completes an operator proficiency check that covers operations under the rating and that is conducted by a flight examiner who holds a pilot instructor rating flight test endorsement--the period from when the holder successfully completes the check to the end of the 24th month after the month in which the holder successfully completes the check;
(d) if:
(i) the holder is successfully participating in an operator's training and checking system for an operation under the rating; and
(ii) the operator holds an approval under regulation 61.040 for the system for this subregulation;
the period during which the holder is successfully participating in the system;
(e) if the holder successfully completes an instructor proficiency check--the period from when the holder successfully completes the check to the end of the 24th month after the month in which the holder successfully completes the check;
(f) if:
(i) the holder is taken to have a valid instructor proficiency check under any of paragraphs (a) to (e) (the existing check ); and
(ii) within 3 months before the validity of the existing check expires, the holder successfully completes an instructor proficiency check;
the period from when the validity of the existing check expires to the end of the 24th month after the validity of the existing check expires.
(3) However, if, at any time, the holder attempts, but does not successfully complete, an instructor proficiency check, the holder is no longer taken to have a valid instructor proficiency check.
(4) For paragraphs (2)(e) and (f), the holder successfully completes an instructor proficiency check if:
(a) the instructor proficiency check is conducted in an approved flight simulation training device for the proficiency check; and
(b) a person mentioned in subregulation (5) assesses the holder's competency to conduct flight training as meeting the standards mentioned in the Part 61 Manual of Standards for a simulator instructor rating; and
(c) the person endorses the holder's licence document to the effect that the holder has completed the instructor proficiency check on the date stated.
(5) For paragraph (4)(b), the persons are as follows:
(a) CASA;
(b) a flight examiner;
(c) the holder of an approval under regulation 61.040 to conduct the proficiency check.