Exemption for military pilots

An applicant who has at any time qualified as a pilot of flying machines in any of Her Majesty’s air forces may, at the discretion of the Minister and according to the applicant’s qualifications and flying experience, be exempted from compliance with all or any part of the practical flying tests, flying experience or technical examinations specified in this Part for the grant of a flying machine pilot’s licence, the extension of the aircraft rating in such a licence or the inclusion therein of an instrument rating, provided that – (a) such exemption may, if it relates to practical flying tests, be made conditional upon the satisfactory completion by the applicant of a special flying test; and (b) any from the specified for the extension of an aircraft rating shall be determined having regard to the applicant’s flying experience on the class or type of flying machine to which the application relates. Civil Aviation 119