Course In Assitant Flying Instructors

1. Requirements for issue of Rating- An applicant for an Assistant Flight Instructor's Rating shall satisfy the following requirements :- Age - He shall be not less than eighteen years of age on the date of application. Knowledge - He shall pass a written or oral examination in the following subjects in accordance with the prescribed syllabus :- (i) Mechanics of flight; (ii) Methods and techniques of flying instructions; (iii) Flight instruments. Experience- He shall produce evidence of having satisfactorily completed as pilot of an aeroplane within a period of five years immediately preceding the date of application for this rating: (i) not less than two hundred hours of flight time as a Pilot- in- Command of an aeroplane of which not less than fifty hours shall have been completed within a period of eighteen months immediately preceding the date of application; and in the case of helicopters, not less than one hundred hours flight time as a Pilot-in-Command of a helicopter, of which not less than fifty hours shall have been completed within a period of eighteen months immediately preceding the date of application; and (ii) not less than ten hours of flying training as an Instructor as per the syllabus prescribed by the Director-General under an approved Flight Instructor/Examiner. Other Requirements- He shall be the holder of an appropriate current professional pilot's licence. Skill- He shall have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Examiner his competency as an Assistant Flight Instructor by performing the procedures and manoeuvres prescribed in the syllabus within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of application. 2. Validity- The period of validity shall commence from the date of issue of renewal of rating. This rating shall be valid for a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of successful completion of flying test as laid down in para 1(e). 3.Renewal- The Assistant Flight Instructor's Rating may be renewed on receipt of satisfactory evidence of the applicant - (a) having satisfactorily completed not less than twenty hours of flight time as an Assistant Flight Instructor and also satisfactorily completed the competency checks within a period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of application for renewal; or (b) having satisfactorily completed oral or written examination in relevant aviation subjects as laid down in para 1 (b) and the flying tests as laid down in para 1(e) within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of application for renewal. 4. Privileges- Subject to the validity of endorsements and rating in his pilot's licence of which this Assistant Flight Instructor's Rating forms a part, the privileges of the holder of an Assistant flight Instructor's Rating shall be to impart instructions during flight by day only and under the authority and supervision of a Flight Instructor, on all types of aeroplanes/helicopters having all- up- weight not exceeding one thousand five hundred Kgs., and which are entered in the Aircraft Rating of his licence : Provided that he shall not authorise any Student Pilot to undertake his first solo flight and shall not impart instructions in aerobatics and night flying.