Section Q

Assistant Flight Instructor's Rating (Aeroplanes/Helicopters)

Requirements for issue of Rating-- An applicant for an Assistant Flight Instructor's Rating shall satisfy the following requirements :--
1. Age-- He shall be not less than eighteen years of age on the date of application.
2. Knowledge-- He shall pass a written or oral examination in the following subjects in accordance with the prescribed syllabus :--
  - Mechanics of flight;
  - Methods and techniques of flying instructions;
  - Flight instruments.
3. 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 :
  - 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
  - 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.
4. Other Requirements-- He shall be the holder of an appropriate current professional pilot's licence.
5. 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.
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).
Renewal-- The Assistant Flight Instructor's Rating may be renewed on receipt of satisfactory evidence of the applicant--
1. 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
2. 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.
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.

Section R

Flight Instructor's Rating (Aeroplanes/Helicopters)

Requirements for issue of rating-- An applicant for a Flight Instructor's Rating shall satisfy the following requirements--
1. Age-- He shall be not less than twenty years of age on the date of application.
2. Knowledge-- He shall pass a written or oral examination in the following subjects in accordance with the prescribed syllabus--
  - Mechanics of flight;
  - Methods and techniques of flying instructions;
  - Flight instruments.
3. Experience-- He shall produce evidence of having satisfactorily completed as pilot of an aeroplane or a helicopter, as the case may be, within a period of five years immediately preceding the date of application for this rating :
  - twenty hours by night during which at least twenty take-offs and twenty landings have been carried out;
  - three hundred hours of flight time on aeroplanes or one hundred fifty hours on helicopters, as the case may be, satisfactorily completed in the capacity of an Assistant Flight Instructor or Qualified Flight Instructor in the service of Defence Forces..
  - an approved Flight Instructor's course : Provided that in case of a pilot from Defence Forces who has successfully completed the Qualified Flight Instructor's course and also satisfies requirements as laid down in para 1(c) and 1(d) may be considered for the issue of Flight Instructor's Rating if he has not less than twenty hours of flight time as Flight Instructor within a period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of application.
4. Other Requirements-- He shall be--
  - the holder of a current Commercial Pilot's Licence (Aeroplanes/Helocopters)/Senior Commercial Pilot's Licence, Airline
    Transport Pilot's Licence (Aeroplanes/Helicopters);
  - the holder of a current Instrument Rating.
  Note : In the absence of a current Instrument Rating, an applicant will not be permitted to impart instruction in Instrument Flying.
5. Skill-- He shall have demonstrated his competency as a Flight Instructor by performing procedures and manoeuvres prescribed in the syllabus by day and by night to the satisfaction of an approved Examiner within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of application.
Validity-- The period of validity shall commence from the date of issue or renewal of rating. The 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).
Renewal-- The Flight Instructor's Rating may be renewed on receipt of satisfactory evidence of the applicant having satisfactorily completed not less than twenty hours of flight time as well as the competency checks as a Flight Instructor within a period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of application for renewal; or in lieu thereof 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 the same period together with having successfully completed a Flight Instructor's refresher course approved by the Director-General,
Aircraft Rating-- The rating shall indicate the class and the types of aeroplanes/helicopters as the case may be on which the holder is entitled to impart instructions.
Extension of aircraft rating-- For extension of aircraft rating to include additional types of aeroplanes/helicopters, as the case may be, having an all-up-weight exceeding five thousand seven hundred Kgs., the applicant shall be required to produce evidence of --
1. having obtained appropriate aircraft rating for that type on his professional pilot's licence;
2. having satisfactorily completed not less than five hundred hours of flight time as Pilot-in-Command on aeroplanes or three hundred hours of flight time as Pilot- in-Command on helicopters, as the case may be; and
3. having satisfactorily completed the flying tests as laid down in para 1(e) on the type desired to be included in this rating.
  Note -- Requirements mentioned in (b) and (c) may be varied by the Director-General under special circumstances in the case of an experienced Flight Instructor who has successfully completed a course approved by the Director- General.
Privileges -- Subject to the validity of endorsements and ratings in the Pilot's licence of which this Flight Instructor's Rating forms a part and also any endorsement on this rating, the privileges of the holder of a Flight Instructor's Rating shall be :--
1. to impart flying instructions on aeroplanes/helicopters, as the case may be, having an all-up-weight not exceeding five thousand seven hundred Kgs. and which is entered in the aircraft rating of his licence, and also on an aeroplane/helicopter having an all-up-weight exceeding five thousand seven hundred Kgs. and which is entered in his Instructor's Rating.
2. to supervise and authorise solo flights by student pilots and supervise flying instructions imparted by Assistant Flight Instructors.

Section S

Flight Instructor's Rating (Gliders)

Requirements for issue of rating-- An applicant for a Flight Instructor's Rating on Glider
Pilot's Licence shall satisfy the following requirements :--
1. Age-- he shall be not less than eighteen years of age on the date of application.
2. Knowledge-- He shall pass a written and oral examination in Air Regulations, Air Navigation, Aviation Meteorology, Aircraft and Instruments, Mechanics of Flight and Methods and Techniques of Flying Instructions in accordance with the syllabus prescribed by the DGCA.
3. Experience-- He shall produce evidence of having satisfactorily completed as a pilot of a glider--
  - not less than fifty hours of flight time as Pilot-in-Command including not less than two hundred fifty take-offs and landing provided that a person who has satisfactorily completed not less than two hundred hours of flight time as Pilot-in-Command on an aeroplane shall be required to complete on a glider not less than twenty hours of flight time as Pilot-in- Command including not less than one hundred take-offs and landings.
  - not less than two solo flights of not less than two hours duration each.
  - one solo cross-country flight of not less than thirty nautical miles distance.
4. Other Requirements -- He shall have--
  - Satisfactorily completed an approved Glider Instructor's Course.
  - An Aero-tow rating, if required to impart instructions for carrying out aero-tow.
  - Motor-Glider rating, if required to impart instructions on motor gliders.
5. Skill-- He shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of an Examiner his competency as glider pilot instructor to perform the procedures and manoeuvres prescribed in the syllabus within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of application.
Validity-- The period of validity shall commence from the date of issue of renewal of rating. The rating shall be valid for a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of successful completion of flying tests as laid down in para 1(e).
Renewal-- The Instructor's Rating may be renewed on receipt of evidence of the applicant having satisfactorily completed on a glider not less than ten hours of flight time as an Instructor within a period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of application for renewal, or in lieu thereof having satisfactorily completed the flying tests as laid down in para 1(e) within the same period together with having successfully completed an approved Flight Instructor refresher course.
Privileges-- Subject to the validity of endorsements and ratings in the Pilot's Licence (Gliders), the privileges of the holder of an Instructor's Rating shall be :--
1. to impart flying instructions on all gliders entered in the aircraft rating of the Pilot's Licence (Gliders),
2. to supervise and authorise solo flights by Student Glider Pilots.
Note:- The Flight Instructor's Rating (Gliders) shall cease to be granted with effect from a date to be notified by the Central Government, but the provisions relating to its validity, renewal and privileges shall remain in force till a date notified by the Central Government. SO 340(E) & SO 341(E) dtd 19.3.02

Section T

Flight Instructor's Rating (Balloons)

Requirements for issue of rating-- An applicant for a Flight Instructor's Rating (Balloons) shall satisfy the following requirements --
1. Age-- He shall be not less than eighteen years of age on the date of application.
2. Knowledge-- He shall pass a written or oral examination in--
  - Air Regulations, Air Navigation, Aviation Meteorology, Airmanship and Balloon Systems/Aerostatics,
  - Mechanics of Flight and Methods and Techniques of Flying Instruction, in accordance with the syllabus as prescribed by the Director- General.
3. Experience-- He shall produce evidence of having satisfactorily completed as a pilot of a balloon not less than thirty five hours flight time which shall include :
  - not less than ten hours of instruction in flying as pilot of balloons in accordance with the syllabus prescribed by the Director-General and conducted by an Instructor/Examiner approved by the Director-General including four free flights, one of which is to be an ascent to at least one thousand five hundred metres above the elevation of the place of departure, and two tethered flights.
  - not less than twenty hours as Pilot-in-Command including twenty free flights, one of which is to be cross-county flight with a landing made at a place not less than twenty kms. from the place of departure, and two tethered flights.
4. Other Requirements-- He shall have satisfactorily completed an approved Balloon Instructor's Course.
5. Skill-- He shall have demonstrated to the satisfaction of an Examiner his competency to perform the procedures and manoeuvres prescribed in the syllabus within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of application for the rating.
Validity-- The period of validity shall commence from the date of issue or renewal of this rating. The rating shall be valid for a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of successful completion of flying tests as laid down in para 1 (e).
Renewal-- The Flight Instructor's Rating (Balloons) may be renewed on receipt of satisfactory evidence of the applicant-- having satisfactorily completed not less than five ascents as a balloon instructor and undergone competency checks within a period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of application for renewal; or having successfully completed within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of application an approved Flight Instructor's refresher course and having met requirements as laid down in para 1 (b) (ii), and (e).
Privileges-- Subject to the validity of the Pilot's Licence (Balloons) of which the rating forms a part, the privileges of the holder of Flight Instructor's Rating (Balloons) shall be--
1. to impart flying instructions on balloons;
2. to supervise and authorise solo flights by student balloon pilots.
Note:- The Flight Instructor's Rating (Balloons) shall cease to be granted with effect from a date to be notified by the Central Government, but the provisions relating to its validity, renewal and privileges shall remain in
force till a date notified by the Central Government. SO 340(E) & SO 341(E) dtd 19.3.02