Civil Aviation Order 82.6 (Night vision imaging system — helicopters) 2007
13ASenior NVIS pilot
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13A Senior NVIS pilot
An NVIS operator’s senior NVIS pilot must be an NVIS pilot with 50 hours of post-qualification NVIS flying experience, and be a pilot in command.
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17 Operator’s obligation to maintain NVIS pilot competency and proficiency
17.1 For subsection 4 of this Order, the competency of an NVIS operator’s NVIS pilots must be maintained by the operator through an NVIS training pilot of a TCO or a Part 142 operator, who is an NVIS flight instructor.
17.2 For subsection 4 of this Order, the proficiency of an NVIS operator’s NVIS pilots must be maintained by the operator through a proficiency check by 1 of the following:
(a) an NVIS checking pilot of a TCO or a Part 142 operator, who is the holder of an NVIS flight examiner rating under Part 61 of CASR 1998;
(b) the holder of an approval under regulation 61.040 of CASR 1998 to conduct the proficiency check.
Note See also clause 23.
17.3 An NVIS training pilot may give NVIS flight instruction to a non‑NVIS endorsed pilot only if he or she is an NVIS flight instructor of a Part 141 operator or a Part 142 operator.