Part 61 Flight Crew Licensing (Prescribed Aircraft and Type Ratings) (Edition 11) Instrument 2026
Division 3Prescription of type‑ratings and variants: single‑pilot aircraft
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Division 3 — Prescription of type‑ratings and variants: single‑pilot aircraft
13 Aeroplanes requiring a single-pilot type rating
For the purposes of paragraph 61.060(1)(a) of CASR, for each aeroplane type certificated for single-pilot operation and mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 6, a single-pilot type rating is required.
14 Helicopters requiring a single-pilot type rating
For the purposes of paragraph 61.060(1)(a) of CASR, for each helicopter type certificated for single-pilot operation and mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 7, a single-pilot type rating is required.
15 Type ratings — single-pilot aeroplanes
For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060(1)(b)(i) of CASR, for each aeroplane type certificated for single-pilot operation and mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 6, the type rating or type ratings mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4 may be granted for single-pilot operation.
16 Type ratings — single-pilot helicopters
For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060(1)(b)(i) of CASR, for each helicopter type certificated for single-pilot operation and mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the table in Schedule 7, the type rating or type ratings mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4 may be granted for single-pilot operation.
17 Variants — single-pilot aeroplanes
For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060(1)(b)(ii) of CASR, where the single‑pilot aeroplane models mentioned in 1 or more cells of column 2 of the table in Schedule 6 have the same type rating, or ratings, as mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4, each model is a variant of the other models.
18 Variants — single-pilot helicopters
For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060(1)(b)(ii) of CASR, where the single‑pilot helicopter models mentioned in 1 or more cells of column 2 of the table in Schedule 7 have the same type rating, or ratings, as mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 4, each model is a variant of the other models.
19 Differences training — single-pilot aeroplanes
(1) For the purposes of subparagraph 61.060(1)(b)(iii) of CASR, if the abbreviation “DTR” appears in a cell of column 3 of the table in Schedule 6 corresponding with a type rating in column 4, then differences training is required for a person to exercise the privileges of the type rating in a variant mentioned in a corresponding cell in column 2 that is different from the variant for which the person first received the type rating.
(2) However, differences training is not required for a variant that is in the same cell in column 2 as the variant for which the person first received the type rating.