10Mandatory training and checking in synthetic training devices

10 Mandatory training and checking in synthetic training devices

10.1 An operator who is required to use a QSTD for a relevant activity under paragraph 7.3, must include in its training and checking manual provision for each flight crew member of an aircraft operated under its AOC to undertake, each calendar year, at least the following number of sessions of training and at least the following number of checks in a QSTD for the aircraft type:

(a) if the QSTD for the operator’s aircraft type is available in Australia:

(i) for a multi-engine aircraft with a passenger seating capacity of at least 10 but not more than 19 seats — 2 sessions of training and 2 checks; and

(ii) for an aircraft with a passenger seating capacity of at least 20 seats — 2 sessions of training and 2 checks; and

(b) if a QSTD for the operator’s aircraft type is only available in a recognised foreign State, then, for an aircraft with a passenger seating capacity of at least 20 seats — 2 sessions of training and 2 checks; and

(c) if an aircraft or an aircraft type is specified in Appendix 8 of this Order — the number of sessions of training and the number of checks specified in Appendix 8 for the aircraft or the aircraft type.

Note If aviation safety requires it, CASA may opt, under paragraph 28 BB (1) (b) of the Act, to impose conditions on the AOC of a holder not otherwise covered by subsections 7 and 10, requiring that the holder must not permit a pilot to be a member of the flight crew unless the person has completed training and checks, in a QSTD, similar to those provided for under subsection 10.

10.2 Each session of training mentioned in paragraph 10.1 must be at intervals of not less than 4 months.

10.3 Each check mentioned in paragraph 10.1 must be at intervals of not less than 4 months.

Note Nothing prevents additional sessions of training or checks being conducted at intervals of less than 4 months. However any such session or check does not count towards the minimum number required under paragraph 10.1.

10.4 Nothing in paragraph 10.2 or 10.3 prevents a session of training in a QSTD being immediately followed by a check in the same device.

10.5 The requirements in paragraph 10.1 are shown in a simplified form in the following table for guidance only. The table is not to affect the meaning of subsection 10.