| (1) | An applicant for a CPL(PL) shall— |
| (a) | be 18 years of age or older; |
| (b) | hold a valid medical certificate, issued in terms of Part 67; |
| (c) | hold a general radio telephony operator’s Certificate; |
| (d) | hold a PPL(PL) endorsed with night rating and issued in terms of this Part; |
| (e) | have successfully completed relevant training prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61; |
| (f) | have passed the relevant theoretical knowledge examinations; |
| (g) | have passed the skills test referred to in this Subpart; |
| (h) | have completed not less than 200 hours of flight time as a pilot of a Powered-lift of which— |
| (ii) | 10 hours of cross-country flights as a PIC, including a cross-country flight totalling not less than 300 NM in the course of which full-stop landings at two different aerodromes shall be made; |
| (iii) | 10 hours of instrument instruction of which not more than 5 hours may be conducted in an FSTD approved for such purpose; and |
| (iv) | 5 hours as a PIC by night, including 5 take-offs and 5 landings. |
[Regulation 61.29.1 inserted by regulation 6(a) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]
