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GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 61 - Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, Ground Instructors, and Flight Engineers SUBPART A – GENERAL § 61.1 Applicability 6 § 61.3 Exercise of Privilege 6 § 61.5 Requirements for Certificates, Ratings, and Authorizations 7 § 61.7 Certificates and Ratings Issued Under This Part 8 § 61.9 Medical Certificates and Limitations 12 § 61.11 Offenses Involving Psychoactive Substances 16 § 61.13 Pilot Logbooks 16 § 61.15 Qualification and Approval of FSTDs 22 § 61.17 Pilot in Command 22 § 61.19 Second in Command 32 § 61.21 Flight Review 36 § 61.23 Tests: General Procedure 38 § 61.25 Knowledge Tests 38 § 61.27 Practical Tests 39 § 61.29 Status of an Examiner Who Is Authorized by the President To Conduct·· 47 Practical Tests § 61.31 Retesting After Failure 48 § 61.33 Change of Name or Address 48 § 61.35 Voluntary Surrender or Exchange of Certificate 49 § 61.37 Replacement of a Lost or Destroyed Airman Certificate or Knowledge……49 Test Report SUBPART B – ELIGIBILITY FOR, AND ISSUANCE OF, CERTIFICATES § 61.51 General 51 § 61.53 Language Proficiency 51 § 61.55 Issuance of a Certificate Based on a Foreign Certificate 51 § 61.57 Temporary Flight Authorization Issued Based on a Foreign License 54 § 61.59 Flight Training Received From Flight Instructors Not Certificated by……56 the President § 61.61 Application for and Issuance of Airman Certificates, Ratings, and……57 Authorizations § 61.63 Temporary Certificate 58 § 61.65 Duration of Airman Certificates 58 Page 1 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 11.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS § 61.67 Renewal and Reinstatement of Airman Certificates. 59 SUBPART C – AIRCRAFT RATINGS § 61.81 Applicability 60 § 61.83 Additional Aircraft Ratings (Other Than for Ratings at the ATP……60 Certification Level) § 61.85 Type Rating Requirements, Additional Training, and Authorization……63 Requirements § 61.87 Use of a Flight Simulation Training Device 68 § 61.89 Instrument Rating Requirements 71 § 61.91 Glider and Unpowered Ultralight Vehicle Towing: Experience and……72 Training Requirements § 61.93 Current or Former Armed Forces Pilots: Special Rules 74 SUBPART D - STUDENT PILOTS § 61.101 Applicability 78 § 61.103 Eligibility Requirements 78 § 61.105 Medical Certificate 78 § 61.107 Application 78 § 61.109 Solo Flight by Student Pilots 78 § 61.111 Privileges and Limitations 79 § 61.113 Solo Cross-Country Flight Requirements 81 § 61.115 Student Pilot Seeking a Sport Pilot Certificate: Operations at…… 84 Aerodromes Within, and in Airspace Located Within, Class B, C, and D Airspace or at Aerodromes With an Operational Control Tower in Other Airspace § 61.117 Operations in Class B Airspace and at Aerodromes Located Within…… 85 Class B Airspace SUBPART E - PRIVATE PILOTS § 61.131 Applicability 87 § 61.133 Eligibility Requirements 87 § 61.135 Privileges and Limitations 88 SUBPART F – COMMERCIAL PILOTS § 61.151 Applicability. 91 § 61.153 Eligibility Requirements 91 § 61.155 Privileges and Limitations 92 SUBPART G – AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOTS § 61.171 Applicability. 95 Page 2 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED VERSION 11.0 Consult the GACA website for current version GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS § 61.173 Eligibility Requirements. 95 § 61.175 Aeronautical knowledge. 96 § 61.177 Training requirements: Airplane category - multiengine class rating or…98 airplane type rating concurrently with airline transport pilot certificate. § 61.179 Flight proficiency 100 § 61.181 Aeronautical experience: Airplane category rating. 106 § 61.183 Aeronautical experience: Rotorcraft category and helicopter class…… 109 rating. § 61.185 Aeronautical experience: Powered-lift category rating. 110 § 61.187 Additional aircraft category and class ratings. 111 § 61.189 Privileges and Limitations. 114 SUBPART H – FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS OTHER THAN FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS WITH A SPORT PILOT RATING § 61.191 Applicability 115 § 61.193 Eligibility Requirements 115 § 61.195 Flight Instructor Records 117 § 61.197 Additional Flight Instructor Ratings 117 § 61.199 Privileges and Limitations 117 § 61.201 Renewal Requirements for Flight Instructor Certification 123 § 61.203 Reinstatement Requirements for an Expired Flight Instructor 124 Certificate SUBPART I – GROUND INSTRUCTORS § 61.211 Applicability 126 § 61.213 Eligibility Requirements 126 § 61.215 Privileges and Limitations 127 § 61.217 Recent Experience Requirements 129 SUBPART J – SPORT PILOTS § 61.231 Applicability 130 § 61.233 Eligibility Requirements 130 § 61.235 Knowledge Requirements 130 § 61.237 Skill Requirements 132 § 61.239 Experience Requirements 132 § 61.241 Privileges and Limitations 137 § 61.243 Privileges to Operate an Additional Category or Class of Light-Sport…… 139 Aircraft § 61.245 Privileges To Operate a Light-Sport Aircraft at an Aerodrome Within, \( \cdots \) 139 Page 3 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED VERSION 11.0 Consult the GACA website for current version GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS or in Airspace Within, Class B, C, and D Airspace, or in Other Airspace With……139 an Aerodrome Having an Operational Control Tower § 61.247 Endorsement Requirements To Operate a Light-Sport Aircraft Based……140 on VH SUBPART K – FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS WITH A SPORT PILOT RATING § 61.261 Applicability. 141 § 61.263 Eligibility Requirements. 141 § 61.265 Knowledge Requirements. 142 § 61.267 Skill Requirements. 143 § 61.269 Experience Requirements. 144 § 61.271 Flight Instructor Records. 147 § 61.273 Privileges To Provide Training in an Additional Category or Class of… 148 Light-Sport Aircraft. § 61.275 Privileges and Limitations. 149 § 61.277 Renewal Requirements for Flight Instructor Certification. 152 § 61.279 Reinstatement Requirements for an Expired Flight Instructor.... 152 Certificate. § 61.281 Exercise of Privileges of a Flight Instructor Certificate With a Sport……152 Pilot Rating by a Holder of a Flight Instructor Certificate With Another Rating. SUBPART L - FLIGHT ENGINEERS § 61.291 Applicability. 154 § 61.293 Eligibility Requirements. 154 § 61.295 KSA Certification of Foreign Flight Engineers. 154 § 61.297 Additional Flight Engineer Ratings. 155 § 61.299 Privileges and Limitations. 155 § 61.301 Flight Engineer Certificate Issued Based on a Foreign Flight Engineer…155 License. APPENDIX A TO GACAR PART 61 – REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFICIENCY… 157 IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE APPENDIX B TO GACAR PART 61 – SOLO FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS AND… 164 SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT PILOTS NOT RECEIVING TRAINING UNDER AN APPROVED PILOT CERTIFICATION COURSE APPENDIX C TO GACAR PART 61 – AERONAUTICAL EXPERIENCE……184 REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE PILOTS NOT GRADUATING FROM AN APPROVED PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATION COURSE Page 4 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 11.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS APPENDIX D TO GACAR PART 61 – AERONAUTICAL EXPERIENCE......193 REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL PILOTS NOT GRADUATING FROM AN APPROVED COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATION COURSE APPENDIX E TO GACAR PART 61 – AERONAUTICAL EXPERIENCE......203 REQUIREMENTS FOR PILOTS NOT GRADUATING FROM AN APPROVED INSTRUMENT RATING COURSE Page 5 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 11.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المحترف General Authority of Civil Aviation [Non-Text] GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS SUBPART A – GENERAL § 61.1 Applicability. Except as provided in GACAR Parts 107 and 100, this part prescribes— (a) The requirements for issuing pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor, and flight engineer certificates and ratings; the conditions under which those certificates and ratings are necessary; and the privileges and limitations of those certificates and ratings. (b) The requirements for issuing pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor, and flight engineer authorizations; the conditions under which those authorizations are necessary; and the privileges and limitations of those authorizations. (c) This Part is not applicable to the Remote Pilot certification for unmanned aircraft systems under GACAR Part 107. § 61.3 Exercise of Privilege. (a) Validity. No person may— (1) Exercise the privileges of a certificate, rating, endorsement, or authorization issued under this part if the certificate, rating, or authorization is surrendered, suspended, revoked, or expired. (2) Exercise the privileges of a foreign flight crew member certificate to operate an aircraft of foreign registry under General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) Regulation (GACAR) § 61.5(b) if the certificate is surrendered, suspended, revoked, or expired. (3) Exercise the privileges of a pilot certificate issued under GACAR § 61.55, if the foreign pilot certificate relied upon for the issuance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) pilot certificate or authorization is surrendered, suspended, revoked, or expired. (4) Exercise the privileges of a medical certificate issued under GACAR Part 67 to meet any requirements of GACAR Part 61 if the medical certificate is surrendered, suspended, revoked, or expired according to the duration standards set forth in GACAR § 61.9(b). Page 6 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المحترف General Authority of Civil Aviation [Non-Text] GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (b) Currency. No person may— (1) Exercise the privileges of an airman certificate, rating, endorsement, or authorization issued under this part unless that person meets the appropriate airman and medical recency requirements of this part, including the flight review and recency of experience requirements of GACAR §§ 61.17, 61.19, and 61.21, specific to the operation or activity. (2) Exercise the privileges of a foreign flight crew member license within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to conduct an operation described in GACAR § 61.5(b), unless that person meets the appropriate airman and medical recency requirements of the country that issued the license, specific to the operation. (c) Age limitations. A person holding a commercial pilot certificate or airline transport pilot certificate may not serve as a pilot in international operations under GACAR Part 121 or 135 if the person has attained their 60th birthday or, in the case of operations with more than one pilot, their 65th birthday. § 61.5 Requirements for Certificates, Ratings, and Authorizations. (a) Airman certificate. No person may exercise the privileges of a certificate or authorization issued under this part or serve as a required flight crew member of a Saudi Arabian registered civil aircraft, unless that person has in his physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft— (1) A current and valid airman certificate or document issued under GACAR § 61.37(c), endorsed with all ratings and authorizations necessary to the operation to be conducted, or a Temporary Flight Authorization (TFA) issued under GACAR § 61.57, and (2) For airmen assessed as Level 4 or Level 5 in English language proficiency under Appendix A to this part, an English language proficiency certificate indicating the next retest date as established under Appendix A to this part. (b) Required airman certificate for operating a foreign registered aircraft. No person may serve as a required flight crew member of a civil aircraft of foreign registry within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, unless— (1) His valid and current airman certificate, or document issued under GACAR § 61.37(c)— Page 7 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED VERSION 7.0 Consult the GACA website for current version GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation [Non-Text] GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (i) Is in his physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft when exercising the privileges of that airman certificate; and (ii) Has been issued or validated by the country in which the aircraft is registered. (2) He has, in his physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft, government-issued identification bearing his photographic image. (c) Inspection of certificate. Each person who holds an airman certificate, medical certificate, English language proficiency certificate, authorization, or license required by this part must present it for inspection upon a request from— (1) The President, (2) An authorized representative of the Aviation Investigation Bureau (AIB), or (3) Any law enforcement agency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. § 61.7 Certificates and Ratings Issued Under This Part. (a) The following certificates are issued under this part to an applicant who satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the certificate sought: (1) Pilot certificates— (i) Student pilot, (ii) Sport pilot, (iii) Private pilot, (iv) Commercial pilot, and (v) ATP. (2) Flight instructor certificates, (3) Ground instructor certificates, and Page 8 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (4) Flight engineer certificates. (b) The following ratings are placed on a pilot certificate (other than student pilot) when an applicant satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the rating sought: (1) Aircraft category ratings— (i) Airplane, (ii) Rotorcraft, (iii) Glider, (iv) Lighter-than-air, (v) Powered-lift, (vi) Powered parachute, and (vii) Weight-shift-control aircraft. (2) Airplane class ratings— (i) Single-engine land, (ii) Multi-engine land, (iii) Single-engine sea, and (iv) Multi-engine sea. (3) Rotorcraft class ratings— (i) Helicopter and (ii) Gyroplane. Page 9 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (4) Lighter-than-air class ratings— (i) Airship and (ii) Balloon. (5) Weight-shift-control aircraft class ratings— (i) Weight-shift-control aircraft land and (ii) Weight-shift-control aircraft sea. (6) Powered parachute class ratings— (i) Powered parachute land and (ii) Powered parachute sea. (7) Aircraft type ratings— (i) Large aircraft other than lighter-than-air, (ii) Turbojet-powered airplanes, (iii) Aircraft certificated for operation with a minimum crew of at least two pilots, (iv) Helicopters and powered-lifts certificated for single-pilot operation, (v) Other aircraft type ratings specified by the President through the aircraft type certification procedures, and (vi) Second in command (SIC) pilot type ratings for aircraft that are certificated for operations with a minimum crew of at least two pilots. (8) Instrument ratings (on private and commercial pilot certificates only)— (i) Instrument—Airplane, Page 10 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (ii) Instrument—Helicopter, and (iii) Instrument—Powered-lift. (c) The following ratings are placed on a flight instructor certificate when an applicant satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the rating sought: (1) Aircraft category ratings— (i) Airplane, (ii) Rotorcraft, (iii) Glider, and (iv) Powered-lift. (2) Airplane class ratings— (i) Single-engine and (ii) Multi-engine. (3) Rotorcraft class ratings— (i) Helicopter and (ii) Gyroplane. (4) Instrument ratings— (i) Instrument—Airplane, (ii) Instrument—Helicopter, and (iii) Instrument—Powered-lift. (5) Sport pilot rating. Page 11 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED VERSION 7.0 Consult the GACA website for current version GACA اللهمه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (d) The following ratings are placed on a ground instructor certificate when an applicant satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the rating sought: (1) Basic, (2) Advanced, and (3) Instrument. (e) The following ratings are placed on a flight engineer certificate when an applicant satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the rating sought: (1) Reciprocating-engine powered, (2) Turbopropeller powered, and (3) Turbojet powered. § 61.9 Medical Certificates and Limitations. (a) Requirement. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, a person may serve as a required flight crew member of a Saudi Arabian registered civil aircraft only if that person holds the appropriate medical certificate issued under GACAR Part 67. (2) The medical certificate must be in that person's physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft. (b) Duration of a medical certificate. Use the following table to determine duration for each class of medical certificate: <table><tr><td>Medical certificate held</td><td>Age on date of most recent examination for medical certificate</td><td>Operations to be conducted</td><td>End of validity period of medical certificate</td></tr></table> Page 12 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA اللهمه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation [Non-Text] GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS <table><tr><td rowspan="5">(1) A Class 1 medical certificate</td><td>(i) Under age 40</td><td>Operations requiring an ATP certificate</td><td>12th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr><tr><td>(ii) Age 40 to age 60</td><td>Operations requiring an ATP certificate other than single pilot commercial air transport passenger operations</td><td>12th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr><tr><td>(iii) Age 40 or older</td><td>Single pilot commercial air transport passenger operations requiring an ATP certificate</td><td>Sixth month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr><tr><td>(iv) Age 60 or older</td><td>Commercial air transport operations requiring an ATP certificate</td><td>Sixth month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr><tr><td>(v) Any age</td><td>Operations requiring a commercial pilot certificate</td><td>12th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">(2) A Class 1 or Class 2 medical certificate</td><td>(i) Any age</td><td>Operations requiring a glider pilot certificate, a flight instructor certificate (when acting as PIC or a required flight crew member in operations other than glider or balloon), a student pilot certificate, or a sport pilot certificate</td><td>60th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr><tr><td>(ii) Any age</td><td>Operations requiring a flight engineer certificate</td><td>12th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr></table> Page 13 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED VERSION 7.0 Consult the GACA website for current version GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS <table><tr><td></td><td>(iii) Under age 40</td><td>Operations requiring a private pilot certificate</td><td>60th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>(iv) Age 40 or older</td><td>Operations requiring a private pilot certificate</td><td>24th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr><tr><td>(2) A Class 3 medical certificate</td><td>(i) Under age 40</td><td>Operations requiring a sport pilot certificate or flight instructor with a sport pilot rating</td><td>60th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>(ii) Age 40 or older</td><td>Operations requiring a sport pilot certificate or flight instructor with a sport pilot rating</td><td>24th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.</td></tr></table> (c) Exceptions to medical certificate requirements. A person is not required to meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section if that person— (1) Is exercising the privileges of a student pilot certificate while seeking a pilot certificate with a weight-shift-control aircraft category rating; (2) Is exercising the privileges of a sport pilot certificate with glider or balloon privileges; (3) Is exercising the privileges of a flight instructor certificate, provided the person is not acting as PIC or as a required flight crew member; (4) Is exercising the privileges of a ground instructor certificate; or (5) Is operating an aircraft with a Saudi Arabian pilot certificate issued under GACAR § 61.55 and holds a medical certificate issued by the foreign country that issued the pilot license. The medical certificate must be in his physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft when exercising the privileges of the pilot certificate. Page 14 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (d) Prohibition on operations during medical deficiency. (1) Operations that require a medical certificate. Except as provided for in paragraph (d)(2) of this section, no person who holds a medical certificate issued under GACAR Part 67 may act as PIC or in any other capacity as a required flight crew member while that person— (i) Knows or has reason to know of any medical condition that would result in his being unable to meet the requirements for the medical certificate necessary for the pilot operation, (ii) Is taking medication or receiving other treatment for a medical condition that results in his being unable to meet the requirements for the medical certificate necessary for the pilot operation, or (iii) Knows of a physical deficiency or an increase in physical deficiency that results in his being unable to meet the requirements for the medical certificate necessary for the pilot operation. (2) Operations that do not require a medical certificate. For operations not requiring a medical certificate, a person may not act as PIC or in any other capacity as a required flight crew member while he knows or has reason to know of any medical condition that would make him unable to operate the aircraft in a safe manner. (e) Physical Limitations. (1) An applicant who cannot comply with certain areas of operation required on the practical test because of physical limitations may be issued an airman certificate, rating, or authorization under this part with the appropriate limitation placed on the applicant's certificate provided— (i) The applicant is able to meet all other certification requirements for the airman certificate, rating, or authorization sought, (ii) The physical limitation has been recorded with the GACA on the applicant's medical records, and (iii) The President determines that the applicant's inability to perform the particular area Page 15 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS of operation will not adversely affect safety. (2) A limitation placed on a person's airman certificate issued under this part may be removed, provided that person demonstrates to an examiner satisfactory proficiency in the area of operation appropriate to the airman certificate, rating, or authorization sought. § 61.11 Offenses Involving Psychoactive Substances. (a) A conviction for the violation of any law relating to the growing, processing, manufacture, sale, disposition, possession, transportation, or importation of psychoactive substances is grounds for— (1) Denial of an application for any license or rating issued under this part, or (2) Suspension or revocation of any license or rating issued under this part. (b) The commission of an act prohibited by GACAR § 91.21(a) or 91.23(a) is grounds for— (1) Denial of an application for a license or rating issued under this part, or (2) Suspension or revocation of any license or rating issued under this part. (c) A refusal to submit to a test to indicate the presence of psychoactive substances in the body, when requested by an authorized Government representative in accordance with GACAR §91.21(c)(1), or a refusal to furnish or authorize the release of the test results requested by the President in accordance with GACAR § 91.17(c)(2), is grounds for— (1) Denial of an application for any certificate, rating, or authorization issued under this part; or (2) Suspension or revocation of any certificate, rating, or authorization issued under this part. § 61.13 Pilot Logbooks. (a) Training time and aeronautical experience. Each person must document and record the following time in a manner acceptable to the President: (1) Training and aeronautical experience used to meet the requirements for a certificate, rating, Page 16 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation [Non-Text] GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS or flight review; (2) The aeronautical experience required for meeting the recent flight experience requirements of this part; and (3) Any experience obtained serving as a required flight crew member of a Saudi Arabian-registered civil aircraft. (b) Logbook entries. For the purposes of meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, each person must enter the following information for each flight or lesson logged: (1) General— (i) Date; (ii) Total flight time or lesson time; (iii) Location where the aircraft departed and arrived, or for lessons in a flight simulation training device (FSTD) or aviation training device (ATD), the location where the lesson occurred; (iv) Type and identification of aircraft, FSTD, or ATD, as appropriate; and (v) The name of a safety pilot, if required by GACAR § 91.57(b). (2) Type of pilot experience or training— (i) Solo. (ii) PIC. (iii) SIC. (iv) Flight and ground training received from an authorized instructor. (v) Training received in an FSTD or ATD from an authorized instructor. (3) Conditions of flight— Page 17 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED VERSION 7.0 Consult the GACA website for current version GACA اللغه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (i) Day or night. (ii) Actual instrument. (iii) Simulated instrument conditions in flight, an FSTD or an ATD. (c) Logging of solo flight time. Except for a student pilot performing the duties of PIC of an airship requiring more than one flight crew member, a pilot may log as solo flight time only that flight time in which the pilot is the sole occupant of the aircraft. (d) Logging PIC flight time. (1) A sport, private, commercial, or ATP may log PIC flight time for flights— (i) In which the pilot is the sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which he is rated or has sport pilot privileges for that category and class of aircraft (if the aircraft class rating is appropriate); (ii) In which the pilot is the sole occupant in the aircraft; (iii) Except for a holder of a sport pilot certificate, in which the pilot acts as PIC of an aircraft for which more than one pilot is required under the type certification of the aircraft or the regulations under which the flight is conducted; or (iv) In which the pilot performs the duties of PIC while under the supervision of a qualified PIC, provided— (A) The pilot performing the duties of PIC holds a commercial or ATP certificate and aircraft rating that is appropriate to the category and class of aircraft being flown, if a class rating is appropriate; (B) The pilot performing the duties of PIC is undergoing an approved PIC training program that includes ground and flight training in the following areas of operation: (I) Preflight preparation, (II) Preflight procedures, Page 18 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA اللغه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (III) Takeoff and departure, (IV) In-flight maneuvers, (V) Instrument procedures, (VI) Landings and approaches to landings, (VII) Normal and abnormal procedures, (VIII) Emergency procedures, and (IX) Postflight procedures; (C) The supervising PIC holds— (I) A commercial pilot certificate, a flight instructor certificate, and an aircraft rating that is appropriate to the category, class, and type of aircraft being flown (if a class or type rating is required); or (II) An ATP certificate and aircraft rating that is appropriate to the category, class, and type of aircraft being flown (if a class or type rating is required); and (D) The supervising PIC logs and certifies the PIC training in the pilot's logbook, and attests to that licensure with his signature and flight instructor certificate number. (2) If rated to act as PIC of the aircraft, an ATP may log all flight time while acting as PIC of an operation requiring an ATP certificate. (3) A certificated flight instructor may log PIC flight time for all flight time while serving as the authorized instructor in an operation if the instructor is rated to act as PIC of that aircraft. (4) A student pilot may log PIC time only when the student pilot— (i) Is the sole occupant of the aircraft or is performing the duties of PIC of an airship requiring more than one flight crew member, Page 19 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA اللهمه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (ii) Has a solo flight endorsement as required under GACAR § 61.109, and (iii) Is undergoing training for a pilot certificate or rating. (e) Logging SIC flight time. (1) A person may log SIC time only for flight time during which he— (i) Is qualified in accordance with the SIC requirements of GACAR § 61.19 and occupies a crew member station in an aircraft that requires more than one pilot by the aircraft’s type certificate; or (ii) Holds the appropriate category, class, and instrument rating (if an instrument rating is required for the flight) for the aircraft being flown, and more than one pilot is required under the type licensure of the aircraft or the regulations under which the flight is being conducted. (2) Where more than one pilot is not required by an aircraft's type certificate, but more than one pilot is required by the regulations under which an operation is conducted, a person serving as SIC in that operation is entitled to credit not more than 50 percent of time logged for that operation toward the requirements for a higher airman certificate or rating issued under this part. (f) Logging instrument time. (1) A person may log instrument time only for that flight time in which he operates the aircraft solely by reference to instruments under actual or simulated instrument flight conditions. (2) An authorized instructor may log instrument time when conducting instrument flight instruction in actual instrument flight conditions. (3) For the purposes of logging instrument time to meet the recent instrument experience requirements of GACAR § 61.17(a)(3), the following information must be recorded in the pilot’s logbook— (i) The location and type of each instrument approach accomplished; and GACAR Part 61 Page 20 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المحترف General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (ii) The name of the safety pilot, if required. (4) A person can use time in an FSTD or ATD to acquire instrument aeronautical experience for an airman certificate or rating issued under this part or instrument recency experience, provided an authorized instructor is present to observe that time and signs the pilot's logbook or training record to verify the time and the content of the training session. (g) Logging training time. (1) A person may log training time when he receives training from an authorized instructor in an aircraft, FSTD, or ATD. (2) The training time must be logged in a logbook and must— (i) Be endorsed in a legible manner by the authorized instructor; and (ii) Include a description of the training given, the length of the training lesson, and the authorized instructor's signature, certificate number, and certificate expiration date. (h) Presentation of required documents. (1) A person must present his airman certificate issued under this part, medical certificate, logbook, or any other record required by this part for inspection upon a reasonable request by — (i) The President, (ii) An authorized representative from the AIB, or (iii) An authorized Government representative. (2) A student pilot must carry the following items in the aircraft on all solo cross-country flights as evidence of the required authorized instructor clearances and endorsements: (i) Pilot logbook, (ii) Student pilot certificate, and Page 21 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (iii) Any other record required by this section. (3) A sport pilot must carry his logbook or other evidence of required authorized instructor endorsements on all flights. (4) A flight instructor with a sport pilot rating must carry his logbook or other evidence of required authorized instructor endorsements on all flights when providing flight training. (i) Aircraft requirements for logging flight time. For a person to log flight time, the time must be acquired in an aircraft that is identified as an aircraft under GACAR § 61.7(b), and is— (1) An aircraft of Saudi Arabian registry with either a standard or special airworthiness certificate, (2) An aircraft of foreign registry with an airworthiness certificate that is approved by the aviation authority of a foreign country that is a contracting state to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, or (3) An Armed Forces aircraft under the direct operational control of the Armed Forces. § 61.15 Qualification and Approval of FSTDs. (a) Except as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, each FSTD and ATD used for training and for which an airman is to receive credit to satisfy any training, testing, or checking requirement must be qualified and approved by the President in accordance with GACAR Part 60 for— (1) The training, testing, and checking for which it is used; (2) Each maneuver, procedure, or crew member function performed; and (3) The representation of the specific category and class of aircraft, type of aircraft, variation within the type of aircraft, or set of aircraft for certain flight training devices (FTD). (b) The President may approve a device other than an FSTD or ATD for specific purposes. § 61.17 Pilot in Command. (a) Recent flight experience: Page 22 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المحترف General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (1) General experience. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(5) of this section, no person may act as a PIC of an aircraft carrying passengers or of an aircraft certificated for more than one flight crew member unless he has made at least three takeoffs and three landings within the preceding 90 days, and— (A) He has acted as the sole manipulator of the flight controls; and (B) The required takeoffs and landings were performed in an aircraft of the same category, class, and type (if a type rating is required), and if the aircraft to be flown is an airplane with a tailwheel, the takeoffs and landings must have been made to a full stop. (ii) For the purpose of meeting the requirements of paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section, a person may act as PIC of an aircraft under day visual flight rules (VFR) or day instrument flight rules (IFR), provided no people or property are carried on board the aircraft other than those necessary for the conduct of the flight. (iii) The takeoffs and landings required by paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section may be accomplished in an FSTD that is— (A) Approved by the President for landings, and (B) Used in accordance with an approved course conducted by a training center certificated under GACAR Part 142. (2) Night takeoff and landing experience. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(5) of this section, no person may act as PIC of an aircraft carrying passengers during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise, unless within the preceding 90 days he has made at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise, and— (A) He acted as sole manipulator of the flight controls; and Page 23 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المحترف General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (B) The required takeoffs and landings were performed in an aircraft of the same category, class, and type (if a type rating is required). (ii) The takeoffs and landings required by paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section may be accomplished in a full flight simulator (FFS) that is— (A) Approved by the President for takeoffs and landings, if the visual system is adjusted to represent the period described in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section; and (B) Used in accordance with an approved course conducted by a training center certificated under GACAR Part 142. (3) Instrument experience. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(5) of this section, a person may act as PIC under IFR only if— (i) Within the 6 months preceding the month of the flight, he performed and logged at least the following tasks and iterations solely by reference to instruments in an airplane, powered-lift, rotorcraft, or airship, as appropriate for the instrument rating privileges to be maintained, in actual or simulated instrument flight conditions: (A) Six instrument approaches, (B) Holding procedures and tasks, and (C) Intercepting and tracking courses using electronic navigation systems. (ii) Within the 6 months preceding the month of the flight, he performed and logged at least the following tasks and iterations solely by reference to instruments in an FSTD, provided it represents the category of aircraft for the instrument rating privileges to be maintained and involves having performed the following: (A) Six instrument approaches, (B) Holding procedures and tasks, and (C) Intercepting and tracking courses through the use of navigational electronic systems. Page 24 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (iii) Within the 2 months preceding the month of the flight, he performed and logged at least the following tasks, iterations, and time in an ATD: (A) Three hours of instrument experience; (B) Holding procedures and tasks; (C) Six instrument approaches; (D) Two unusual attitude recoveries while in a descending, VNE airspeed condition and two unusual attitude recoveries while in an ascending, stall speed condition; and (E) Interception and tracking courses using electronic navigation systems. (iv) He elected to complete the instrument experience with a combination of an aircraft, FSTD, and ATD, and performed and logged the following within the 6 months preceding the month of the flight: (A) Experience operating an airplane, powered-lift, rotorcraft, or airship, as appropriate for the instrument rating privileges to be maintained, solely by reference to instruments in actual or simulated instrument flight conditions, on the following instrument currency tasks: (I) Instrument approaches, (II) Holding procedures and tasks, and (III) Interception and tracking courses using electronic navigation systems. (B) Instrument experience in an FSTD that represents the category of aircraft for the instrument rating privileges to be maintained and involves performing at least the following tasks: (I) Instrument approaches, (II) Holding procedures and tasks, and GACAR Part 61 Page 25 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation [Non-Text] GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (III) Interception and tracking courses using electronic navigation systems. (C) Instrument experience in an ATD that represents the category of aircraft for the instrument rating privileges to be maintained and involves performing at least the following tasks: (I) Six instrument approaches, (II) Holding procedures and tasks, and (III) Interception and tracking courses using electronic navigation systems. (v) He elected to complete the instrument experience with a combination of an FSTD and an ATD and performed the following within the 6 months preceding the month of the flight: (A) Instrument recency experience in an FSTD that represents the category of aircraft for the instrument rating privileges to be maintained and involves performing the following tasks: (I) Six instrument approaches, (II) Holding procedures and tasks, and (III) Interception and tracking courses using electronic navigation systems. (B) Instrument experience of 3 hours in an ATD that represents the category of aircraft for the instrument rating privileges to be maintained and involves performing at least the following tasks: (I) Six instrument approaches, (II) Holding procedures and tasks, and (III) Interception and tracking courses using electronic navigation systems. (IV) Two unusual attitude recoveries while in a descending, VNE airspeed GACAR Part 61 Page 26 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation العربيه GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS condition and two unusual attitude recoveries while in an ascending, stall speed condition. (vi) Within the 6 months preceding the month of the flight, he has performed and logged the following instrument currency tasks, iterations, and flight time solely by reference to instruments in actual or simulated instrument flight conditions: (A) At least 1 hour of instrument flight time in a glider or in a single-engine airplane while performing interception and tracking courses using electronic navigation systems and (B) At least 2 hours of instrument flight time in a glider or a single-engine airplane while performing straight glides, turns to specific headings, steep turns, flight at various airspeeds, navigation, and slow flight and stalls. (vii) Before carrying a passenger in a glider, he— (A) Has logged and performed 2 hours of instrument flight time in a glider within the 6 months preceding the month of the flight; and (B) Practices performance maneuvers, performance airspeeds, navigation, slow flight, and stalls while using a view-limiting device. (4) Instrument proficiency check. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(5) of this section, a person who does not meet the instrument experience requirements of paragraph (a)(3) of this section for more than six calendar months may reestablish instrument currency only by completing an instrument proficiency check. The instrument proficiency check must consist of the areas of operation and instrument tasks required in the instrument rating practical test standards. (i) The instrument proficiency check must be— (A) In an aircraft that is appropriate to the aircraft category; (B) For other than a glider, in an FSTD that is representative of the aircraft category; or Page 27 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (C) For a glider, in a single-engine airplane or a glider. (ii) The instrument proficiency check must be given by— (A) An examiner; (B) Reserved; (C) A company check pilot who is authorized to conduct instrument flight tests under GACAR Part 121, 125, or 135, and provided that both the check pilot and the pilot being tested are employees of that certificate holder, as applicable; (D) An authorized instructor; or (E) A person approved by the President to conduct instrument practical tests. (5) Exceptions. (i) Paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section do not apply to a PIC who is employed by a GACAR Part 119 certificate holder authorized to conduct operations under GACAR Part 125, when the pilot is engaged in a flight operation for that certificate holder, and is in compliance with GACAR §§ 125.343 and 125.347. (ii) This section does not apply to a PIC who is employed by a GACAR Part 119 certificate holder authorized to conduct operations under GACAR Part 121 when the pilot is engaged in a flight operation under GACAR Part 121 for that air operator; and is in compliance with GACAR §§ 121.765 and 121.769. (iii) This section does not apply to a PIC who is employed by a GACAR Part 119 certificate holder authorized to conduct operations under GACAR 135 when the pilot is engaged in a flight operation under GACAR Part 135 for that air operator; and is in compliance with GACAR §§ 135.341 and 135.347. (iv) Paragraph (a)(2) of this section does not apply to the PIC of a turbine-powered airplane that is type certificated for more than one flight crew member, provided that pilot has complied with the following requirements: Page 28 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (A) For each airplane that is type certificated for more than one flight crew member that he seeks to operate, the PIC must hold at least a commercial pilot certificate with the appropriate category, class, and type rating. (B) He must have logged at least 1 500 hours of aeronautical experience as a pilot. (C) In each airplane that is type certificated for more than one flight crew member that he seeks to operate under this alternative, the pilot must have accomplished and logged the daytime takeoff and landing recent flight experience of paragraph (a)(1) of this section as the sole manipulator of the flight controls. (D) Within the preceding 90 days prior to the operation of an airplane that is type certificated for more than one flight crew member, the pilot must have accomplished and logged at least 15 hours of flight time in the type of airplane that he seeks to operate under this alternative. (E) The PIC has satisfied one of the following: (I) He has accomplished and logged at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop as the sole manipulator of the flight controls in a turbine-powered airplane that requires more than one flight crew member. He must have performed the takeoffs and landings during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise within the 6 months prior to the month of the flight. (II) Within the 12 months prior to the month of the flight, he completed a training program that is approved under GACAR Part 142. The approved training program must have required, and the pilot must have performed, at least six takeoffs and six landings to a full stop as the sole manipulator of the controls in an FFS that is representative of a turbine-powered airplane that requires more than one flight crew member. The FFS's visual system must have been adjusted to represent the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise. (b) Proficiency check: Operation of aircraft requiring more than one flight crew member or is turbojet powered. Page 29 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation [Non-Text] GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, to serve as PIC of an aircraft that is type certificated for more than one required flight crew member or is turbojet powered, a person must— (i) Within the preceding 12 months, have completed a PIC proficiency check in an aircraft that is type certificated for more than one required flight crew member or is turbojet powered and (ii) Within the preceding 24 months, have completed a PIC proficiency check in the particular type of aircraft in which that person will serve as PIC, that is type certificated for more than one required flight crew member or is turbojet powered. (2) This paragraph (b) does not apply to people conducting operations under GACAR Part 121, 125, or 135. (3) The PIC proficiency check given in accordance with the provisions of GACAR Part 121, 125, or 135 may be used to satisfy the requirements of this section. (4) The PIC proficiency check required by paragraph (b)(1) of this section may be accomplished by satisfactory completion of one of the following: (i) A PIC proficiency check conducted by a person authorized by the President, consisting of the aeronautical knowledge areas, areas of operations, and tasks required for a type rating, in an aircraft that is type certificated for more than one flight crew member or is turbojet powered; (ii) The practical test required for a type rating, in an aircraft type certificated for more than one required flight crew member or is turbojet powered; (iii) The initial or periodic practical test required for the issuance of a pilot examiner or check pilot designation, in an aircraft type certificated for more than one required flight crew member or is turbojet powered; or (iv) Reserved. (5) A check or test described in paragraphs (b)(4)(i) through (iv) of this section may be accomplished in an FFS under GACAR Part 142, subject to the following: Page 30 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (i) Except as provided for in paragraphs (b)(5)(ii) and (iii) of this section, if an otherwise qualified and approved FFS used for a PIC proficiency check is not qualified and approved for a specific required maneuver— (A) The training center must annotate in the applicant's training record the maneuver or maneuvers omitted and (B) Prior to acting as PIC, the pilot must demonstrate proficiency in each omitted maneuver in an aircraft or FFS qualified and approved for each omitted maneuver. (ii) If the FFS used pursuant to paragraph (b)(5) of this section is not qualified and approved for circling approaches— (A) The applicant's record must include the statement, “Proficiency in circling approaches not demonstrated.”; (B) The applicant may not perform circling approaches as PIC when weather conditions are less than the basic VFR conditions described in GACAR § 91.165, until proficiency in circling approaches has been successfully demonstrated in an FFS qualified and approved for circling approaches or in an aircraft to a person authorized by the President to conduct the check required by this section. (iii) If the FFS used pursuant to paragraph (b)(5) of this section is not qualified and approved for landings, the applicant must— (A) Hold a type rating in the airplane represented by the FFS; and (B) Have completed within the preceding 90 days at least three takeoffs and three landings (one to a full stop) as the sole manipulator of the flight controls in the type of airplane for which the PIC proficiency check is sought. (6) For the purpose of meeting the PIC proficiency check requirements of paragraph (b)(1) of this section, a person may act as PIC of a flight under day VFR or day IFR if no person or property is carried other than as necessary to demonstrate compliance with this part. (7) If a pilot takes the PIC proficiency check required by this section in the month before or Page 31 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS the month after the month in which it is due, he is considered to have taken it in the month in which it was due for the purpose of computing when the next PIC proficiency check is due. § 61.19 Second in Command. (a) A person may serve as SIC of an aircraft type certificated for more than one required flight crew member or in operations requiring an SIC flight crew member only if that person holds— (1) At least a private pilot certificate with the appropriate category and class rating; (2) An instrument rating or privilege that applies to the aircraft being flown if the flight is under IFR; (3) The appropriate pilot type rating for the aircraft; and (4) If serving as second-in-command of a powered-lift, satisfies the requirements specified in GACAR § 100.209. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, no person may serve as SIC of an aircraft type certificated for more than one required flight crew member or in operations requiring an SIC unless that person has within the previous 12 months— (1) Become familiar with the following information for the specific type aircraft for which SIC privileges are requested: (i) Operational procedures applicable to the powerplant, equipment, and systems; (ii) Performance specifications and limitations; (iii) Normal, abnormal, and emergency operating procedures; (iv) Flight manual; and (v) Placards and markings. (2) Except as provided in paragraph (g) of this section, performed and logged pilot time in the type of aircraft or in an FFS that represents the type of aircraft for which SIC privileges are requested, which includes— Page 32 GACAR Part 61 UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT WHEN DOWNLOADED Consult the GACA website for current version VERSION 7.0 GACA العربيه العامه للطيران المدني General Authority of Civil Aviation GACAR PART 61 – CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, GROUND INSTRUCTORS, AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS (i) Three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop as the sole manipulator of the flight controls, (ii) Engine-out procedures and maneuvering with an engine out while executing the duties of PIC, and (iii) Crew resource management training. (c) If a person complies with the requirements in paragraph (b) of this section in the month before or after the month in which compliance with this section is required, he is considered to have accomplished the training and practice in the month it is due. (d) A person may receive an SIC pilot type rating for an aircraft after satisfactorily completing the SIC familiarization training requirements under paragraph (b) of this section in that type of aircraft provided the training was completed within the 12 months before the month of application for the SIC pilot type rating. The person must comply with all of the following application and certification requirements and pass a practical test: (1) The person who provided the training must sign the applicant's logbook or training record after each lesson in accordance with GACAR § 61.13(g)(2). In lieu of the trainer, it is permissible for a qualified management official within the organization to sign the applicant's training records or logbook and make the required endorsement. The qualified management official must hold the position of chief pilot, director of training, director of operations, or a comparable management position within the organization that provided the training and must be in a position to verify the applicant's training records. (2) The trainer or qualified management official must make an endorsement in the applicant's logbook that states “[Applicant’s Name and Pilot Certificate Number] has demonstrated the skill and knowledge required for the safe operation of the [Type of Aircraft], relevant to the duties and responsibilities of a second in command.” (3) If the applicant's flight experience and/or training records are in an electronic form, the applicant must present a paper copy of those records containing the signature of the trainer or qualified management official to the GACA. (4) The applicant must complete and sign an Airman Certificate and/or rating application and Page 33 GACAR Part 61 …(327,907 more chars)