Overview
FACT SHEET – Regulation Reform:
Flight crew training
Aligning Australia with international
standards
Updated, stronger safety standards for
flight crew training and licensing
Standards in one place
Collaboration with industry
Lessons learned from the past
Responding to advances in global aviation
Long transition time.
New requirements apply to flight
crew training providers in Australia
from 1 September 2014:
Current operators (providing training
when the new requirements take effect)
have three years to transition
New regulations apply in full to
new operators.
The new regulations permit flying schools
and other operators providing this type of
training to do so for most licence types,
including single and multi-engine aircraft,
and multi-pilot aircraft types, in both aircraft
and flight simulation training devices.
The regulations for flight crew training
and licensing in Australia are changing.
New regulations come into effect on 1
September 2014.
The changes are part of CASA’s wider
regulation reform and bring a range of
benefits to Australian aviation.
The new regulations also set out the
organisational and administrative
framework for operators to conduct initial
and ongoing training and checking programs,
in aircraft or flight simulation training
devices.
The new regulations provide greater
structure and consistency to flight crew
training that leads to the issue of a licence,
rating or endorsement.
Non-integrated
Non-integrated training is typically part-time,
with students taking responsibility for the
timing and completion of the course they are
undertaking.
As a result, new requirements apply to flight
crew training providers.
The changes affect flying schools and aircraft
operators who operate aircraft and provide
training specific to their operations, and
training to other operators.
The new regulations permit flying schools
and other operators providing this type of
training to conduct training for single-pilot
recreational, private and commercial
licences.
Types of flight crew training
The way training providers comply with the
new regulations will depend on the type of
training they provide and whether they are
authorised to provide training before or after
1 September 2014.
Information for new training
providers
The new requirements will apply immediately
and in full to operators authorised to conduct
flight crew training on or after 1 September
2014, including the preparation and
submission of an exposition.
Integrated
Integrated training combines aeronautical
knowledge with flying training in a
comprehensive training program.
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Information for current training
providers
testing, flight reviews and proficiency checks
for all Part 61 authorisations.
Interim certificates
CASA will issue interim authorisation(s) to
current training providers to enable them to
continue to provide flight crew training
seamlessly during the transition to the new
regulations.
The MoS will be available before the new
regulations take effect on 1 September 2014.
Flying schools and other operators
authorised to conduct flight crew training
should start planning to incorporate the new
standards into their existing courses.
The interim authorisations will be issued
before the new regulations take effect on 4
December. This is to minimise disruption to
operators and enable the continuation of
authorised flight crew training operations,
and remain valid until 31 August 2017, or
until operators acquire the new
authorisations. Interim authorisations will be
issued in accordance with existing (pre-1
September 2014) AOCs and approvals, and
be subject to any existing conditions.
Other changes
Flight crew training courses
To minimise the impact of the new
regulations, the Part 61 standards are
consistent with existing standards except
where new requirements have been
included, such as instrument flying for
helicopter pilot licences.
Existing operators will need to align their
training syllabuses to the Part 61 MoS
standards no later than 31 August 2017.
Complying with the new regulations
by 31 August 2017
Flight crew testing and continued
proficiency
The changing requirements for flight crew
licensing also affect flight testing and the
ongoing requirements for pilots to continue
to use their licences, ratings and
endorsements. Standards applied to flight
tests for pilot licences and ratings will be
generally consistent with current tests with
the advantage that under Part 61, all flight
tests will have clearly defined standards that
are in the Part 61 MoS.
Operators issued with interim authorisations
who wish to continue to conduct flight crew
training after 31 August 2017 will need to
obtain the relevant authorisation(s) and
demonstrate their compliance with the
provisions of the new Part 141 and 142
regulations prior to 31 August 2017.
Preparing an exposition will be an essential
part of complying with the new regulations,
for current training providers who wish to
continue to conduct flight crew training after
31 August 2017. The exposition is a
document that individuals and organisations
that provide training must complete and
submit to CASA to demonstrate how they
meet the new regulations (and standards set
out in the accompanying Manual of
Standards [MoS] – Part 61 – see below).
The MoS also has standards for the new flight
tests in Part 61 including for the low level
rating and the Air Transport Pilot Licence
(Fact Sheet – Regulation Reform: Flight Crew
Licensing – Licensed pilots).
Want to know more?
Information about regulation reform is being
continually updated and includes fact sheets
that explain how the standards for flight crew
licensing in Australia are changing.
Competency standards for Part 61
CASA is preparing the MoS that contains the
competencies for all flight crew licences,
ratings and endorsements required under the
new regulations. The MoS specifies the
knowledge and flying standards for training,
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