Chapter 12: Re-instatement of Flight Service Licence, Ratings, Endorsements or Qualifications

Section 12.1: General

12.1.1 Introduction

12.1.1.1 This chapter contains standards for the re-instatement of Flight Service Licences and annotations. It covers all the circumstances described in CASR Part 65.260 (2) including:

(a) a licence having lapsed beyond the time of medical certificate validity;

(b) a licence of a holder having undergone the suspension and ‘show cause’ process, having been cancelled on account of failure to maintain the required medical standards;

(c) a licence having been cancelled on proficiency grounds; and

(d) a licence having been cancelled after specific request from the holder.

12.1.2 Licences

12.1.2.1 A Flight Service Licence which has lapsed in accordance with Civil Aviation Regulations or which is no longer valid, shall not be re-instated unless the holder passes the prescribed course as determined by the ATS Certificate holder, or part thereof which, for the circumstance, CASA, or an assessment panel convened by an ATS Certificate holder, determines is relevant to the candidate.

12.1.3 ATC Certificate Holder Assessment Panel

12.1.3.1 An ATS Certificate holder must submit to CASA for its endorsement the names of proposed panel members. Such notification shall include details of the experience and qualifications of such proposed panel members.

12.1.3.2 Panel members and the ATC Certificate holder will be held accountable for the veracity of the decisions made by the panel.

12.1.3.3 Endorsement of panel members may be withdrawn by CASA.

12.1.4 Ratings

12.1.4.1 A rating which has lapsed in accordance with Civil Aviation Regulations or which is no longer valid, shall not be renewed until the licence holder has:

(a) passed the applicable rating examination in a ‘closed book’ environment;

(b) completed any training required by this chapter, Chapter 12 (Re-instatement of Lapsed Flight Service Licence, Ratings, Endorsements or Qualifications); and

(c) demonstrated competence in the functions of at least one endorsement under that rating.

12.1.5 Endorsements

12.1.5.1 An endorsement which has lapsed in accordance with Civil Aviation Regulations or which is no longer valid, shall not be renewed until the licence holder has passed the applicable written endorsement examination relevant to that endorsement.

12.1.5.2 Where the candidate received a pass in the immediately preceding endorsement examination within the previous 12 months and the endorsement did not lapse as a result of a suspension or cancellation or expiry of the endorsement, such examination may be ‘open book’.