Civil Aviation Order 82.6 (Night vision imaging system — helicopters) 2007
21Minimum recent experience and NVIS proficiency check requirements — NVIS pilot
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21 Minimum recent experience and NVIS proficiency check requirements — NVIS pilot
21.1 An NVIS pilot with more than 50 hours of NVIS flight time as one or more of the following, namely, an NVIS pilot in command (PIC), NVIS co-pilot, NVIS PIC under supervision (PICUS) or NVIS pilot dual must meet the minimum NVIS recent experience, and NVIS proficiency check, requirements:
(a) set out in regulations 61.1010 and 61.1015 of Part 61 of CASR 1998; and
(b) in accordance with this Order.
21.2 Subject to subclause 21.3, an NVIS pilot with 50 hours or less of NVIS flight time as one or more of the following, namely, an NVIS PIC, NVIS co-pilot, NVIS PICUS or NVIS pilot dual must meet the minimum NVIS recent experience and NVIS proficiency check requirements mentioned in subclause 21.1, modified in accordance with subclause 21.3.
21.3 For an NVIS pilot mentioned in subclause 21.2:
(a) the minimum NVIS recent experience requirements are modified by reading each reference in regulation 61.1010 to “6 months”, as a reference to “3 months”; and
(b) the minimum NVIS proficiency check requirements are modified by reading each reference in regulation 61.1015 to “the 12th month”, as a reference to “the 6th month”.
Note Subclauses 21.2 and 21.3 do not amend regulations 61.1010 and 61.1015 of Part 61 of CASR 1998. In the interests of safety, they impose AOC conditions in the form of the additional recency and proficiency check obligations that an NVIS operator must ensure are met for the conduct of NVIS operations under this Order.