Qualifications of pilot in charge

With reference to Article 18 (4) of the Order– (1) The operator of a public transport aircraft registered in Belize shall not permit any person to act as pilot in charge of the aircraft on a scheduled journey undertaken between two specific places unless that person is qualified in accordance with the provisions of this regulation so to act. (2) A person who has not previously been so qualified to act as pilot in charge of a public transport aircraft on a scheduled journey between those places shall for the purposes of this 96 Civil Aviation regulation be qualified so to act on the scheduled journey referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation if – (a) he has during the immediately preceding twelve months acted as pilot of any aircraft on two flights between those places, one of which took place within the immediately preceding two months; (b) he has during the immediately preceding twelve months carried out the instrument approach procedures established at the aerodromes on the journey referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation in accordance with paragraph (4) of this regulation; and (c) after complying with conditions (a) and (b) of this paragraph, he has been certified as competent to act as pilot in charge of an aircraft on a scheduled journey between those places by a person who is himself qualified under the provisions of this regulation so to act and who has been authorised by the employer for the time being of the unqualified person to examine his competence so to act. (3) A person who has previously been so qualified to act as pilot in charge of a public transport aircraft on a scheduled journey between those places shall for the purposes of this regulation be qualified so to act on the scheduled journey in question if – (a) he has during the immediately preceding twelve months acted as pilot of any aircraft on two flights between those places; or (b) he has during the immediately preceding twelve months carried out the instrument approach procedures established at the Civil Aviation 97 aerodromes on that journey as provided by paragraph (4) of this regulation. (4) For the purposes of this regulation a person shall be deemed to have carried out the instrument approach procedures established at the aerodromes on a scheduled journey between two specific places if – (a) he has carried out in making a landing at each aerodrome at which it is intended to land during the course of that journey one of the instrument approach procedures established at that aerodrome at the time of the scheduled journey; and (b) he has carried out in making a landing at each alternate aerodrome selected prior to take off on the scheduled journey or by simulated means one of the instrument approach procedures established at that alternate aerodrome at the time of the scheduled journey, provided that the Governor may by written authority exempt a person from satisfying any of conditions (a) and (b) of this paragraph in respect of an aerodrome if the Governor is satisfied that the aerodrome is equipped with a precision or a runway approach system which that person is competent to use. (5) A person giving a certificate of competence under paragraph (2) of this regulation shall give the same to the employer for the time being of the person in respect of whose competence the certificate is given, and that employer shall preserve that certificate while the person in respect of whose competence the certificate is given continues to be employed by him and for a period of two years after the cessation of such employment and shall furnish any person by whom he is 98 Civil Aviation subsequently employed as a pilot with a copy of any such certificate on being requested so to do.