THE JAR-FCL COMMITTEE meeting to approve draft five of the regulations was held in Dublin, Ireland, during the week ending 10 May. Draft five, having taken account of all input, is intended to form the JAR-FCL regulation for fixed-wing-aircraft pilots. JAR-FCL Part Two, for helicopter pilots, is not ready yet.
The JAA committee, meeting in June, is expected formally to adopt draft five as the regulation, and then the JAA states have two transition years before its final implementation. After implementation, JAR-FCL will be the sole flightcrew-licensing regulation, and no more national licences will thenceforth be issued within JAA states.
Technical assistant at the JAA's FCL department, Jude Maria Dassou, says that there have been no substantial changes to draft five during the consultation procedure, describing the process since the end of 1994 as "fine-tuning".
In all respects except one, says Dassou, JAR-FCL accords with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standard. The difference is that ICAO recommends that pilots over 60 years old should not command international flights; JAR-FCL allows pilots up to 65 years old to command international flights as long as the co-pilot's age is lower than 60.
JAR-FCL PART 1 SUMMARY
This summary is simplified. JAR-FCL Part One will be obtainable from the JAA, at Hoofddorp, in the Netherlands, or from National Aviation Authorities as soon as it is adopted and published. Draft five is ready now.
Age private pilot licence (PPL) 17 up to any age, subject to medical.
Commercial pilots licence (CPL) 18-64 years (limitations 60-64).
Airline transport pilots licence (ATPL) 21-64 years (limitations 60-64).
Medical Class 1 for CPL and ATPL Class 1 or 2 PPL.
Existing licencesPilots will be able to use existing licences, but only on aircraft registered in the country of issue. To fly other European-registered aeroplanes they have to change their licences for the JAR-FCL equivalent. The JAR-FCL licence grade awarded depends on flight-experience minima. Below minima, the licence is liable to be downgraded or the holder to testing.
JAR LICENCES
PPL training: Instruction at a registered organisation for minimum 45h flight time, or 40h plus 5h in simulator. Of that, 25h must have been under dual instruction and include 10h of supervised flight time. Theory training and a flight-skills test is also included.
CPL Experience/training: Must have completed 150h on an integrated course at an approved flying-training organisation, or have flown 200h, of which 25h must have been undertaken at an approved flying-training school, including the final flight-test. The latter option, known as modular training, also requires 350h of theoretical training and examination.
ATPL experience/training: Must have completed either an integrated 195h ATPL course at an approved flying-training organisation or have gained a CPL by the modular route, which includes a multi-engined instrument rating and instruction in multi-crew co-operation on an approved course. The holder must also have 1,500h flight time, of which 100h may have been in a simulator, 500h of the time must have been in multi-pilot operation, 250h must have been as pilot-in-command (or 100h pilot-in-command, plus 150h as a co-pilot performing pilot-in-command duties), 75h must have been under instrument flight rules, and 100h at night. All the above must have been completed before the skills test is carried out on a JAR 25- or JAR 23-category multi-engined aircraft.
The instrument rating (IR) requirement is 50h cross-country flying and an integrated or approved course, followed by an IR test in a single- or multi-engined aircraft, according to qualification desired.
Type-rating training can be conducted only by approved schools. A multi-engine rating is valid for a year. Revalidation requires a proficiency check within three months of expiry and completion of either ten route sectors, or of one route sector with an examiner.
Renewal is completed by flying one sector with an examiner, plus any refresher training stipulated by the National Aviation Authority. A single-engine rating is valid for two years.
Re-validation requires a proficiency check within three months of expiry or 12h flying, including 6h pilot-in-command and 12 take-offs/landings in the last 12 months and a 1h training flight with an instructor within 12 months.
Renewal requires a proficiency check.
Source: Flight International
