The Air Navigation Order 1989

PART C— CERTIFICATE OF TEST OR EXPERIENCE

1.—(a) A certificate of test or a certificate of experience required by article 21(5) of this Order shall not be appropriate to the functions to be performed on a flight unless it is a certificate appropriate to the description of the flight according to the following Table:

Table (continued)

Case	Class of Licence	Description of Flight	Certificate Required
A	Private Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)	Any flight within the privileges of the licence	Certificate of test or certificate of experience
	Private Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes)
B	Basic Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)	Carriage of passengers on a flight in respect of which the holder of the licence receives remuneration	Certificate of test
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Balloons)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Gliders)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Airships)
	Senior Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes)
C	Basic Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)	For public transport	Certificate of test
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Balloons)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Gliders)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Airships)
	Senior Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes)
D	Basic Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)	For aerial work	Certificate of test or certificate of experience
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Balloons)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Gliders)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Airships)
	Senior Commercial Pilots Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes)
E	Basic Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)	Any flight within the privileges of a Private Pilot’s Licence	Certificate of test or certificate of experience
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Balloons)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Gliders)
	Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Airships)
	Senior Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
	Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes)
F	Flight Navigator’s Licence	Flights to which article 19(4) of this Order applies	Certificate of experience
G	Flight Engineer’s Licence	For public transport	Certificate of test
H	Flight Engineer’s Licence	Any flight other than for public transport	Certificate of test or certificate of experience

(b) For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule references to Cases are references to the Cases indicated in the first Column of the Table in paragraph 1(a) of this Part of this Schedule.

Certificate of Test

2.  A certificate of test required by article 21(5) or 21(6) of this Order shall be signed by a person authorised by the Authority to sign certificates of this kind and shall certify the following particulars:

(a) the functions to which the certificate relates;

(b) that the person signing the certificate is satisfied that on a date specified in the certificate the holder of the licence or personal flying log book of which the certificate forms part, as the case may be, passed an appropriate test of his ability to perform the functions to which the certificate relates;

(c) the type of aircraft or flight simulator in or by means of which the test was conducted; and

(d) the date on which it was signed.

Nature of Test

3.  The appropriate test referred to in paragraph 2 of this Part of this Schedule shall be:

(a) in the case of a test which entitles the holder of the licence of which the certificate forms part to act as pilot in command and/or co-pilot of aircraft of the type specified in the certificate, a test of the pilot’s competence to fly the aircraft as pilot in command and/or co-pilot and shall where the Authority so specifies in respect of the whole or part of a test be conducted in an aircraft in flight or by means of a flight simulator approved by the Authority;

(b) in the case of a test which entitles the holder of the licence of which the certificate forms part to act as flight engineer of aircraft of the type specified in the certificate, a test of the flight engineer’s competence to perform the duties of a flight engineer in the type of aircraft to be used on the flight and shall, where the Authority so specifies in respect of the whole or part of the test, be conducted in an aircraft in flight or by means of a flight simulator approved by the Authority;

(c) in the case of a test which entitles the holder of the licence of which the certificate forms part to perform the functions to which an Instrument Rating relates a test of his ability to perform the functions to which the rating relates and shall, where the Authority so specifies in respect of the whole or part of the test, be conducted in an aircraft in flight or by means of a flight simulator approved by the Authority;

(d) in the case of a test which entitles the holder of the licence of which the certificate forms part to perform the functions to which a flying instructor’s rating, an assistant flying instructor’s rating or an instrument meteorological conditions rating relates, a test of his ability to perform the functions to which the rating relates and shall where the Authority so specifies in respect of the whole or part of the test be conducted in an aircraft in flight.

Period of Validity of Certificate of Test

4.—(a) A certificate of test required by article 21(5) of this Order in respect of a Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Balloons) shall not be valid in relation to a flight made more than 13 months after the date of the test which it certifies and in respect of any other licence shall not be valid in relation to a flight made more than 13 months in Cases A, B, E and H, or more than 6 months in Cases C, D and G, after the date of the test which it certifies:

Provided that in the case of Cases C, D and G 2 certificates of test shall together be deemed to constitute a valid certificate of test if they certify flying tests conducted on 2 occasions within the period of 13 months preceding the flight on which the functions are to be performed, such occasions being separated by an interval of not less than 4 months, and if both certificates are appropriate to those functions.

(b) A certificate of test required by article 21(6) of this Order shall not be valid in relation to a flight made more than 13 months in the case of an instrument rating (aeroplanes), an instrument rating (helicopters) and an assistant flying instructor’s rating or more than 25 months in the case of an instrument meteorological conditions rating (aeroplanes) and a flying instructor’s rating, after the date of the test which it certifies.

Certificate of Experience

5.  A certificate of experience required by article 21(5) of this Order shall be signed by a person authorised by the Authority to sign such a certificate and shall certify the following particulars:

(a) the functions to which the certificate relates;

(b) in the case of a pilot or flight engineer, that on the date on which the certificate was signed the holder of the licence or personal flying log book of which it forms part, as the case may be, produced his personal flying log book to the person signing the certificate and satisfied him that he had appropriate experience in the capacity to which his licence relates within the appropriate period specified in paragraph 6 of this Part of this Schedule;

(c) in the case of a flight navigator that on the date on which the certificate was signed the holder of the licence of which it forms part produced his navigation logs, charts and workings of astronomical observations to the person signing the certificate and satisfied him that he had appropriate experience in the capacity to which the licence relates within the appropriate period specified in paragraph 6 of this Part of this Schedule;

(d) in the case of a pilot or flight engineer the type or types of aircraft in which the experience was gained;

(e) the date on which it was signed.

Period of Experience

6.  A certificate of experience shall not be valid unless the experience was gained within the period of 13 months preceding the signing of the certificate in the case of Cases A, E, F and H, or 6 months preceding the signing of the certificate in the case of Case D.

Period of Validity of Certificate of Experience

7.  A certificate of experience in respect of a Commercial Pilots Licence (Balloons) shall not be valid more than 13 months after it was signed and in respect of any other licence shall not be valid more than 6 months after it was signed for Case D nor more than l3 months after it was signed for any other Case.