| (1) | An applicant for a CPL (Helicopter) must— |
| (a) | be 18 years or older; |
| (b) | hold a valid medical certificate, issued in terms of Part 67; |
[Regulation 61.06.1(1)(b) substituted by regulation 5(o) of Notice No. R. 984, GG 41915, dated 21 September 2018 (Nineteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2018)]
| (c) | hold at least a valid general certificate of proficiency in radiotelephony (aeronautical); |
| (d) | produce evidence of holding or having held, within the previous 60 months, one of the following: |
| (i) | a South African PPL (Aeroplane); |
| (ii) | a pilot licence (aeroplane) issued by a Contracting State; |
| (iii) | a SPL where the applicant has completed an integrated training course approved by the Authority; |
| (e) | have successfully completed the training as prescribed in Document 61 at an approved Part 141 ATO; |
| (f) | have passed the theoretical knowledge examination as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61 ; and |
| (g) | have passed the skills test referred to in regulation 61.06.4. |
[Regulation 61.06.1(1)(g) inserted by regulation 17 of Notice No. R. 532, GG 36712, dated 30 July 2013 (First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2013)]
| (2) | An applicant for a CPL (Helicopter) must have completed not less than— |
| (a) | 200 hours of flight time, which may include 20 hours of flight instruction time in a helicopter FSTD approved by the Director for the purpose; or |
| (b) | 150 hours of flight time, which may include 30 hours of flight instruction time in a helicopter FSTD, approved for the purpose, if he or she has successfully completed the relevant integrated training referred to in regulation 61.01.16. |
| (3) | The total of 200 hours or 150 hours, as the case may be, referred to in subregulation (2), must include— |
| (a) | 100 hours as PIC, or 70 hours as PIC in the case of an applicant who has undergone the relevant integrated training; and |
| (b) | 20 hours of cross-country flight time as PIC, including one flight of not less than 150 NM, in the course of which full-stop landings at not less than two different points away from base shall have been made. |
| (4) | A South African Air Force qualified pilot or navigator may apply to be credited with theoretical knowledge examination and flight time in terms of regulation 61.01.9(23). |
[Regulation 61.06.1(4) substituted by regulation 11(m) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
