S.I. No. 21/1999 - Air Navigation (Personnel Licensing) (Amendment) Order, 1999

1. The purpose of this (Amendment) Order is as follows:—

— to update, clarify, and where appropriate, prescribe the requirements for the grant of a flight engineer licence in accordance with the eighth edition of Annex I (Personnel Licensing) to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.

In particular, this Order

— reduces the age requirement for the grant of a flight engineer licence from 21 years to 18 years;

— updates the knowledge and skill requirements for the grant of a flight engineer licence;

— introduces flight engineer knowledge requirements for the grant of additional aircraft type ratings;

— increases the experience requirement for the grant of a flight engineer licence from 50 hours to 100 hours;

— introduces No. 1 (Class 1) medical requirements for the grant or renewal of a flight engineer licence; and

— introduces an age limitation of 65 years for exercise of flight engineer licence privileges in commercial air transport operations.

2. Experience

(1) The applicant shall have completed, under the supervision of a person accepted by the Authority for that purpose, not less than 100 hours of flight time in the performance of the duties of a flight engineer on board an aircraft of the type for which the licence is sought, or one of similar characteristics, during the twelve months preceding the date of application. The Authority shall determine whether experience as a flight engineer in a flight simulator, which it has approved, is acceptable as part of the total flight time of 100 hours. Credit for such experience shall be limited to a maximum of 50 hours.

(2) When the applicant has flight time as a pilot, the Authority shall determine whether such experience is acceptable and, if so, the extent to which the flight time requirements of paragraph 2(1) of this Schedule can be reduced accordingly.

(3) The applicant shall have operational experience in the performance of the duties of a flight engineer, under the supervision of a flight engineer accepted by the Authority for that purpose, in at least the following areas:—

(

a

) Normal procedures

(i) pre-flight inspections;

(ii) fuelling procedures, fuel management;

(iii) inspection of maintenance documents;

(iv) normal flight deck procedures during all phases of flight;

(v) crew co-ordination and procedures in case of crew incapacitation;

(vi) defect reporting.

(

b

) Abnormal and alternate (standby) procedures

(i) recognition of abnormal functioning of aircraft systems;

(ii) use of abnormal and alternate (standby) procedures.

(

c

) Emergency procedures

(i) recognition of emergency conditions;

(ii) use of appropriate emergency procedures.

3. Skill

(1) The applicant shall have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Authority his ability to perform as flight engineer, of an aircraft type for which the licence is sought, the duties and procedures described in paragraph 2(3) of this Schedule with a degree of competency appropriate to the privileges granted to the holder of a flight engineer licence, and to:—

(i) use aircraft systems within the aircraft's capabilities and limitations;

(ii) exercise good judgement and airmanship;

(iii) apply aeronautical knowledge;

(iv) perform all the duties as part of an integrated crew with the successful outcome never in doubt; and

(v) communicate effectively with the other flight crew members.

(2) The use of an appropriate synthetic flight trainer for performing any of the procedures required during the demonstration of skill described in 3(1) of this Schedule shall be approved by the Authority.

4. Medical Fitness

The applicant shall meet the medical requirements specified in Article 47 of the Principal Order.

5. Renewal of Licence

The applicant shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Authority, in the course of a proficiency check with an authorised examiner on an aircraft type for which the licence is sought, his competence to perform the duties and procedures in paragraph 3(1) of this Schedule.

6. Flight Engineer Licence Holder — Age Limitation

The holder of a Flight Engineer licence who has attained the age of 65 years shall not exercise the privileges of that licence on an aeroplane engaged in a commercial air transport operation, unless and to the extent that such a person shall be exempted from the provisions of the Principal Order by a direction of the Authority under that Order for the purposes of Article 31 thereof.”

GIVEN under the Common Seal of the Irish Aviation Authority, this 29th day of January, 1999.

B. DILLON-HALL,

Director.

PAUL R. DUFFY,

Director.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The Irish Aviation Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

sections 5

,

6

,

58

,

59

,

60

and

75

of the

Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993

(No. 29 of 1993), as amended by the

Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1998

, No. 24 of 1998, hereby orders as follows:—