Rating to act as Assistant Instructor

(1) A rating to act in the capacity of Assistant Instructor may be included in a flying machine pilot’s licence of any class and will be limited to particular classes and types of flying (2) A rating in respect of one or more classes or types of flying machines may be extended to cover the giving of instruction in flying additional classes or types on the Governor being satisfied that the applicant has completed such examination and tests as may be appropriate in the circumstances of the case. (3) Such a rating will be made valid only for the giving of instruction under the direction of a competent Instructor and will not authorise the holder to give directions to a pupil in regard to either the pupil’s first solo flight or his first solo cross- country flight. (4) An applicant for an Assistant Instructor’s rating shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 220 of these Regulations, (a) to produce satisfactory evidence that he has carried out not less than one hundred hours flying as pilot in charge of a flying machine, of which, not less than thirty hours shall have been carried out on the class of flying machine to which the application relates; (b) to produce satisfactory evidence that he has passed a flying instructor’s course, the syllabus of which has been approved; 200 Civil Aviation (c) to undergo an oral examination in the subjects of such a course; (d) to undergo a flying test, with an approved examiner on board, for the purpose of determining the applicant’s practical ability to act as an Assistant Instructor; and (e) if the application relates to seaplanes – (i) to undergo an oral examination for the purpose of determining his knowledge of the practical matters relating to the manoeuvring of seaplanes on the water; and (ii) to undergo a test on a seaplane of the type or group to which the application relates, with an approved examiner on board, for the purpose of determining the applicant’s practical ability to give instruction in the handling of such seaplane on the water.