Section M
Airline
Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
1. Requirements for issue of Licence— An applicant for an Airline
Transport Pilot’s Licence shall satisfy the following requirements :—
(a) Age— He shall be not less than twentyone years of
age on the date of application;
(b) Educational Qualification— He shall have passed
class ten plus two with Physics and mathematics or its equivalent examination
from a recognised Board/University.
(c) Medical Fitness— He shall produce on a prescribed
proforma a certificate of physical fitness from an approved Medical Board after
undergoing a medical examination, during which he shall have established his
medical fitness on the basis of compliance with the requirements as notified by
the Director-General under Rule 39B;
(d) Knowledge— He shall pass a written and oral
examination in Air Regulations, Air Navigation, Avionics (Radio Aids and
Instruments), Aviation Meteorology and Aircraft and Engines, and Signals
(Practical) examination for interpretation of aural and visual signals as per
the syllabus prescribed by the Director-General.
Note: — Holder of a current Commercial Pilot’s
Licence, shall not be required to pass the examination in Air Regulations and
that of Senior Commercial Pilot’s Licence shall not be required to pass any of
the examinations.
(e) Experience— He shall produce evidence of having
satisfactorily completed as a Pilot of an aeroplane not less than one thousand
five hundred hours of flight time of which not less than one hundred fifty
hours flight time shall be in the preceding twelve months and his total flying
experience shall include —
(i) not less
than five hundred hours of flight time as Pilot-in-Command or as Co-Pilot
performing, under the supervision of a pilot who fulfills the flying experience
requirements of a check pilot, the duties and functions of a pilot-in-command
provided that at least two hundred hours out of these shall be cross-country
flight time, including not less than fifty hours of flight time by night.
Note— Where an aeroplane is required
to be operated with a co-pilot in accordance with the provisions of the Flight
Manual of the aeroplane, not more than fifty percent of the co-pilot flight
time shall be credited towards the total flight time required for the issue of
the licence, but not more than fifty percent of the co-pilot flight time under
supervision shall be credited towards pilot-in-command flight experience
required for issue of the licence, and full credit for such flight time shall
be given towards total flight time required for issue of the licence.
(ii) not
less than one thousand hours of total cross-country flight time;
(iii) not
less than one hundred hours of flight time by night;
(iv) not less than one hundred hours of instrument
time under actual or simulated instrument conditions of which not less than
fifty hours shall be in actual flight;
(v) not less than ten hours of flight time completed
within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of application for
the licence.
(f) Other Requirements— (i) He shall be the holder of
a Commercial or a Senior Commercial Pilot’s Licence. However, this will not be
applicable for the issue of Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence to a pilot from
Armed Forces who otherwise meets the requirements;
(ii) He shall have a current
Instrument Rating on multi-engine aircraft;
(iii) He shall be in possession of a
current Flight Radio Telephone Operator’s Licence for operation of radio
telephone apparatus on board an aircraft issued by the Director-General.
(g) Skill— He shall have
demonstrated his competency to perform by day and by night the procedures and
manoeuvres prescribed in the syllabus to the satisfaction of the Examiner, on
the type of multi-engine aeroplane to which the application for licence relates
within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of application.
The Director General may, however,
allow skill tests or part thereof to be carried out on aircraft/ approved Zero
flight Time Training simulator level ‘D’ for the type of aircraft.
Note :— The holder of a current Commercial
Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)/Senior Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
issued by the Director-General shall not be required to undergo general flying
tests for the issue of Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) provided
that the licence is issued on the type or types of multi-engine aeroplane or
aeroplanes, as the case may be, included in the aircraft rating of Commercial
Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) or Senior Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
and the pilot possesses ten hours of flying experience as Pilot-in-Command or
twenty hours as Co-pilot at least on one such multi-engine type within the
preceding six months.
2. Validity — The licence shall be valid for a
period as specified in Rule 39C.
3. Renewal— The Licence may be
renewed on receipt of satisfactory evidence of the applicant —
(a) having undergone a medical
examination in accordance with para 1(c).
(b) having satisfactorily
completed not less than ten hours flight time as Pilot-in-Command (fifty
percent of flight time as Co-Pilot may be counted towards the requirements of
flight time as Pilot-in-Command) within a period of six months immediately
preceding the date of application for renewal, or in lieu thereof ; having
satisfactorily completed the flying tests by day and by night as laid down in
clause (g) of paragraph 1 within the same period.
(c) having a current flight
Radio Telephone Operator’s Licence, for operation of radio telephone apparatus
on board an aircraft, issued by the Director-General.
(d) having a current Instrument Rating on a multi-engine
aircraft.
Note:-Applicants holding Airline Transport
Pilot Licence (Aeroplanes), having only single engine aeroplane or aeroplanes
entered in the aircraft typerating on the licence, shall be able to renew their
licence till 31st December, 2001 only on the basis of satisfactory
Instrument Rating Flight Test on single engine aeroplane or aeroplanes entered
in the Licence.
4. Ratings— (a) Aircraft Rating— The licence
shall indicate the class and the types of aeroplanes the holder is entitled to
fly. An open rating for all types of aeroplanes having all-up-weight not
exceeding five thousand seven hundred Kgs. may also be granted if he has
completed not less than one thousand hours of flight time as a Pilot-in-Command
on any aeroplane having an all-up-weight of fourteen thousand Kgs. or above.
(b) Instructor’s Rating—
Instructor’s Rating entitles the holder to impart flying instructions. The privileges and conditions for the
issue of these ratings are laid down in Sections Q and R;
(c) Instrument Rating―No
separate Instrument Rating is provided in the licence. The privileges of
instrument rating are included in the privileges of the licence provided that
the instrument rating flying tests have been carried out as per the conditions
laid down by the Director-General. Conditions for validity and renewal of
instrument rating shall be as are laid down in Section O of this Schedule.
5. Extension
of Aircraft Rating— For extension of aircraft rating to include an
additional type of aeroplane, an applicant shall have passed a written
examination in Aircraft and Engines as mentioned in clause (d) of paragraph 1
and shall have acquired, under appropriate supervision, experience in flying the
aircraft of such type or on approved flight simulator in accordance with the
syllabus prescribed by the Director-General followed by skill test as laid down
by the Director-General.
5A.Proficiency Check―
(a) In order to act as a
pilot-in-command or co-pilot of transport aeroplanes having an all-up weight
exceeding five thousand seven hundred kilograms, the licence holder shall be required
to undergo an appropriate proficiency check as specified by the
Director-General, in respect of the type of aircraft to be flown.
(b) The proficiency check
carried out as per para (a) shall be valid for a period of six months from the
date of the check and shall be renewed for a further period of six months at a
time.
(c) In the case of renewal,
the period of validity shall commence from the date of expiry of the previous
validity provided that the check has been carried out within two months preceding
the date of expiry.
6. Privileges.―Subject to the validity of endorsements and ratings in the licence and compliance with the relevant provisions of Rules 39B, 39C and 42 of these rules, the privileges of the holder of an Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence shall be—
(a) to exercise the privileges of a Commercial Pilot’s Licence and a Private Pilot’s Licence;
(b) to act as Pilot-in-Command of an aeroplane having an all-up weight exceeding 5700 Kgs., which is entered in the aircraft rating of his licence, subject to his prior compliance with the following conditions:-
(i) he shall have completed on that type of aeroplane not less than one hundred hours of flight time as a Co-pilot, followed by ten consecutive satisfactory route checks, of which not less than five shall be by night, under the supervision of a Check Pilot performing the duties and responsibilities of a Pilot-in-Command, and demonstrated his competency to fly as a Pilot-in-Command to the satisfaction of the Director-General:
Provided that in case of a pilot having previous experience of at least 100 hours as Pilot-in-Command of transport aeroplanes having all-up weight exceeding 5700 Kgs., the required number of route checks may be reduced to six out of which at least three shall be by night.
(ii) he shall have undergone satisfactorily within the preceding six months of the intended flight, appropriate proficiency checks in respect of that type of aircraft as required by the Director-General.
(iii) he shall be in possession of a current Instrument Rating before operating any IFR flight:
Provided that on the attainment of the age of sixty-five years, such privileges shall be restricted to that of a Private Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) in accordance with Section E.
[Amended by – (i) G.S.R No. 68(E) dated 30th
January 2009;
(ii) G. S. R. No. 11(E) dated 10th January 2011;
(iii) G.S.R. No. 399(E) dated 31st March 2016;
(iv) G.S.R. No. 985(E) dated 28th July 2017; and
(v)
G.S.R No. 1066(E) dated 25-10-2018]