**Executive Summary**
This document is a Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) detailing flight crew training and qualification requirements for general aviation operations involving small aeroplanes, and it is consistent with Annex 6 and Aircraft Rules 1937. It specifies the responsibilities of the Pilot-in-Command (PIC) and sets out regulations for maintaining competency and handling Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems (ACAS II). This document is issued under Rule 29C and Rule 133A of the Aircraft Rules, 1937.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Applicability:**
* Applies to General Aviation operators in accordance with ICAO Annex 6 Part II and CAR Section 8 Series O Part III for aeroplanes with a maximum certificated take-off mass not exceeding 5700 kgs.
* **Pilot-in-Command (PIC) Responsibilities:**
* Ensure all flight crew members hold valid DGCA-issued licenses or licenses validated by the DGCA if issued by another Contracting State.
* Ensure flight crew members are properly rated.
* Verify that flight crew members have maintained competency, including a “flight review” in the preceding 24 months.
* For night flights with passengers, the PIC must have completed at least ten take-offs and ten landings at night as PIC within the six months before the intended flight.
* **Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS II):**
* PICs of aeroplanes equipped with ACAS II must ensure that each flight crew member is appropriately trained to competency in the use of ACAS II equipment and collision avoidance.
* Training can be demonstrated through type ratings, DGCA-approved training programs, or comprehensive pre-flight briefings.
* **Definitions/Terminology:**
* A month is defined as a period encompassing consecutive days in a month of the Gregorian calendar.
* A year consists of 12 consecutive months.
* **Operation on More Than One Type or Variant:**
* Flight crew members operating more than one type or variant of aircraft shall comply with the requirements prescribed in CAR Section 7 Series O Part I.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholders**
* General Aviation Operators.
* **Impact:** Must adhere to the training and qualification requirements outlined in the CAR for flight crew members.
* **Action Required:** Establish and maintain training programs, ensure flight crew compliance, and verify competency levels.
* Pilots-in-Command (PICs)
* **Impact:** Increased accountability for ensuring the qualifications and competency of all flight crew members.
* **Action Required:** Verify crew licenses, ratings, recent flight reviews, and night flight experience, and ensure ACAS II training compliance.
* Training Organizations/Service Providers
* **Impact:** Potential increase in demand for ACAS II training and flight review services.
* **Action Required:** Offer training programs that meet DGCA guidelines and competency standards.
* Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
* **Impact:** Responsible for oversight and enforcement of the requirements outlined in the CAR.
* **Action Required:** Ensure the requirements of the CAR are followed, develop training programs that meet DGCA guidelines and competency standards and conduct inspections.
Key Entities Referenced
Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR): A set of regulations or requirements issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to govern civil aviation operations. This specific CAR, Section 8 Series 'F', Part VI, focuses on flight crew training and qualification requirements for general aviation operations with small airplanes.
Aircraft Rules, 1937: A set of rules governing aviation in India, which this CAR references and operates within.
ICAO Annex 6: Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) for international general aviation aeroplanes, a primary reference for the CAR.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA): The primary civil aviation regulator referenced by name throughout the document, implying its direct involvement in oversight.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION
TECHNICAL CENTRE, OPP. SAFDARJUNG AIRPORT, NEW DELHI – 110003
CIVIL AVIATION REQUIREMENT
SECTION 8 – AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS
SERIES 'F', PART VI
ISSUE I, Dated_______ 2015 EFFECTIVE: ____________
File No. AV-22024/08/2015-FSD
SUB: FLIGHT CREW TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS: SMALL AEROPLANES
1. INTRODUCTION
ICAO Annex 6 – Operation of Aircraft Part II Section 2 contains standard and
recommended practices (SARPs) for international general aviation
aeroplanes. The Annex requires an operator to establish and maintain a
training program that is designed to ensure that a person who receives
training acquires and maintains the competency to perform assigned
duties,including skills related to human performance. Ground and Flight
training programs shall be established,either through internal programs or
through a training service provider,and shall include or make reference to a
syllabus for those traing programs in the company operations manual.
2. APPLICABILITY
2.1 This CAR is applicable to General Aviation operators in accordance with ICAO
Annex 6 Part II and CAR Section 8 Series O Part III for aeroplanes with
maximum certificated take off mass not exceeding 5700 kgs; or
2.2 This CAR lays down responsibilities of Pilot-in-Command(PIC) towards
training and qualification requirements to carry out operations and is
consistent with Annex 6 and Aircraft Rules 1937.
2.3 This CAR is issued under the provisions of Rule 29C and Rule 133A of the
Aircraft Rules, 1937
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3. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY
3.1 Month. One month is considered as the period compassing consecutive
days in the month of the Gregorian calendar e.g., 03 Feb to 02 Mar or 30 Dec
to 29 Jan or 15 May to 14 Jun. Example of 6 months is 04 Jan to 03 Jul.
3.2 Year. One year consists of 12 consecutive months, e.g. 03 Feb 2015 to 02
Feb 2016 or 01 Jan 2016 to 31 Dec 2016
4. COMPOSITION OF FLIGHT CREW
4.1 The PIC shall:
(a) ensure that each flight crew member holds a valid licence issued by the
DGCA, or if issued by another Contracting State, rendered valid by the
DGCA;
(b) ensure that flight crew members are properly rated; and
(c) be satisfied that flight crew members have maintained competency and
have satisfactorily undertaken a “flight review” in the preceding 24 months
as prescribed in Schedule II (Section A) of Indian Aircraft Rules 1937.
(d) ensure that when passengers are to be carried at night, he shall have
carried out within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of
the intended flight not less than ten take-offs and ten landings by night as
PIC
4.2 The PIC of an aeroplane equipped with an airborne collision avoidance system
(ACAS II) shall ensure that each flight crew member has been appropriately
trained to competency in the use of ACAS II equipment and the avoidance of
collision.
Note 1.— Procedures for the use of ACAS II equipment are specified in the
Procedures for Air Navigation Services − Aircraft Operations (PANS-OPS, Doc
8168), Volume I — Flight Procedures. ACAS II Training Guidelines for Pilots
are provided in PANS-OPS, Volume I, Attachment to Part III, Section 3,
Chapter 3 “ACAS II Training Guidelines for Pilots”.
Note 2.— Appropriate training, to the satisfaction of the DGCA, to competency
in the use of ACAS II equipment and the avoidance of collisions may be
evidenced, for example, by:
(a) possession of a type rating for an aeroplane equipped with ACAS II, where
the operation and use of ACAS II are included in the training syllabus for
the type rating; or
(b) possession of a document issued by a training organization or person
approved by the DGCA to conduct training for pilots in the use of ACAS II,
indicating that the holder has been trained in accordance with the
guidelines referred to in Note 1; or
(c) a comprehensive pre-flight briefing by a pilot who has been trained in the
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use of ACAS II in accordance with the guidelines referred to in Note 1.
5. OPERATION ON MORE THAN ONE TYPE OR VARIANT
Flight crew members operating more than one type or variant of aircraft shall
comply with the requirements prescribed in CAR Section 7 Series O Part I.
(M Sathiyavathy)
Director General Civil Aviation
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