Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 61.1225

  (1)   A flight instructor commits an offence if:

  (a)   the instructor approves a person to pilot an aircraft as a student pilot; and

  (b)   the approval is to pilot the aircraft in a way that is not authorised by the following provisions:

  (i)   paragraph   61.112(1)(c) or (2)(c) (Flying as a student pilot);

  (ii)   regulation   61.113 (General requirements for student pilots);

  (iii)   regulation   61.114 (Solo flights--medical certificate requirements for student pilots);

  (iv)   regulation   61.115 (Solo flights--recent experience requirements for student pilots).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (2)   A flight instructor commits an offence if:

  (a)   the instructor approves a person (the student ) to conduct a solo flight as a student pilot; and

  (b)   the instructor is not satisfied that the student:

  (i)   has been briefed appropriately for the flight; and

  (ii)   is capable of conducting the flight safely; and

  (iii)   meets the requirement mentioned in subregulation   (3).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (3)   For subparagraph   (2)(b)(iii), the requirement is that:

  (a)   the student has been assessed by CASA or an examiner as meeting the general English language proficiency standard mentioned in the Part   61 Manual of Standards; or

  (b)   the student has completed an approved course of training in English language proficiency.

  (4)   A flight instructor commits an offence if:

  (a)   the instructor approves a person (the student ) to conduct a solo flight of a kind mentioned in subregulation   (5) as a student pilot for the first time; and

  (b)   the instructor is not satisfied that the student:

  (i)   has completed the training specified by the authorising Part   141 or 142 operator for the conduct of a solo flight of that kind by a student pilot; and

  (ii)   has been assessed by the Part   141 or 142 operator as competent to conduct the solo flight; and

  (c)   for a cross - country flight or night flight--the student has not completed at least 2 hours of dual instrument time, 1 hour of which is conducted during dual instrument flight time.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (5)   For subregulation   (4), the kinds of solo flight are as follows:

  (a)   a circuit training flight;

  (b)   a flight between an aerodrome and the flight training area for the aerodrome;

  (c)   a cross - country flight;

  (d)   a night flight.

  (6)   An offence against subregulation   (1) is an offence of strict liability.

  (7)   In this regulation:

"authorising Part 141 or 142 operator" , in relation to an instructor approving a solo flight, means the Part   141 or 142 operator who authorised the instructor to approve the solo flight.