28NVIS aircrew member — NVIS flight training

28 NVIS aircrew member — NVIS flight training

NVIS flight training for NVIS aircrew member qualifications must be approved by CASA.

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32 NVIS aircrew member flight training — prerequisites

Before commencing NVIS training leading to the award of an operator specific NVIS qualification, the trainee aircrew member must have the following minimum qualifications and experience:

(a) the experience, recency, and qualifications stipulated in the relevant operator’s operations manual for day and night (unaided) operations for the relevant crew position and aircraft type;

(b) the physical and medical standards stipulated by the operator’s operations manual;

(c) at least 50 hours flight time as an aircrew member in a form that is acceptable to the operator as set out in the operator’s operations manual;

(d) at least 3 hours helicopter night (unaided) flight time as an aircrew member in the 3 months leading up to commencement of the training;

(e) the qualifications and certification required, in accordance with the operator’s operations manual and any relevant Civil Aviation Order, for any advanced operational sequences, for example, winching, before undergoing NVIS training for that sequence.