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This Part prescribes rules governing—
(1) the issue of cadet flight engineer licences, flight engineer licences, and ratings; and
(2) the conditions under which those licences and ratings are necessary; and
(3) the privileges and limitations of those licences and ratings.
(a) Each person who performs the duties of a flight engineer on a New Zealand registered aircraft within New Zealand must hold—
(1) a current cadet flight engineer licence or flight engineer licence issued under this Part; or
(2) a current foreign cadet flight engineer licence or flight engineer licence validated by the Director.
(b) Each person who performs the duties of a flight engineer on a New Zealand registered aircraft within a foreign country must hold—
(1) a current cadet flight engineer licence or flight engineer licence issued under this Part; or
(2) a current cadet flight engineer licence or flight engineer licence issued or validated by the country in which the aircraft is operated.
(c) Each person who performs the duties of a flight engineer on a foreign registered aircraft within New Zealand must hold—
(1) a current cadet flight engineer licence or flight engineer licence issued under this Part; or
(2) a current foreign cadet flight engineer licence or flight engineer licence validated by the Director; or
(3) a current cadet flight engineer licence or flight engineer licence issued or validated by the country of aircraft registry.
(d) Each person, other than the holder of a cadet flight engineer licence, who performs the duties of a flight engineer on a New Zealand registered aircraft, or on a foreign registered aircraft within New Zealand, must hold a type rating for that aircraft.
(e) Each person exercising the privileges of a flight engineer instructor listed in rule 63.305(a) must hold a current flight engineer instructor rating issued under this Part.
(f) Each person exercising the privileges of a flight engineer examiner listed in rule 63.355(a) must hold a current flight engineer examiner rating issued under this Part.
(a) The following licences and ratings are issued under this Part:
(1) Cadet flight engineer licence:
(2) Flight engineer licence:
(3) Flight radiotelephone operator rating:
(4) Flight engineer aircraft type ratings:
(5) Flight engineer instructor rating:
(6) Flight engineer examiner rating.
(b) Flight engineer instructor ratings and flight engineer examiner ratings must be shown on the flight engineer licence. All other ratings must be shown in the flight engineer logbook but may additionally be shown on the flight engineer licence.
(a) Cadet flight engineer licences and flight engineer licences issued under the Civil Aviation Regulations 1953 are deemed to be licences issued under this Part. They may be exchanged for a new licence under this Part without any further examination or test.
(b) Ratings held on a licence issued under the Civil Aviation Regulations 1953 carry over to a licence issued under this Part and are deemed to have been issued under this Part.
Each applicant for the grant of a cadet flight engineer licence, flight engineer licence, flight engineer instructor rating, or flight engineer examiner rating must complete the approved CAA form and submit it to the Director with a payment of the appropriate application fee prescribed by regulations made under the Act.
An applicant is entitled to a licence or rating issued by the Director under this Part if the Director is satisfied that—
(1) the applicant is a fit and proper person; and
(2) the applicant has sufficient ability in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding the English language to enable the applicant to adequately carry out their responsibilities as the holder of that licence or rating; and
(3) the applicant complies with all of the eligibility requirements specified in the Subpart for that licence or rating; and
(4) the granting of the licence or rating is not contrary to the interests of aviation safety.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a licence or rating issued under this Part is valid for the lifetime of the holder unless it is suspended or revoked in accordance with the Act.
(b) The Director may, where the Director considers it necessary, issue a temporary licence or rating.
(a) A candidate for a written examination under this Part must—
(1) produce written proof of their identity; and
(2) gain at least 70% of the possible marks in order to pass.
(b) A candidate for a flight test under this Part must—
(1) produce written proof of their identity; and
(2) have a logbook record of any required training; and
(3) have a logbook record of any required flight experience.
(a) During any examination under this Part, no person may, unless authorised by the conducting officer—
(1) copy from another person; or
(2) refer to any source of information; or
(3) communicate in any way with anyone other than the conducting officer; or
(4) take an examination on behalf of anyone else; or
(5) remove material from the examination; or
(6) record any examination by electronic means.
(b) Any person who performs any of the acts specified in paragraph (a) is liable to all or any of the following:
(1) failure in that subject:
(2) disqualification of all or any subjects already passed:
(3) debarment from sitting further examinations under the Civil Aviation Rules for up to 12 months:
(4) suspension or revocation of any licence, certificate, or rating issued to that person under this or any other Part of the Civil Aviation Rules, in accordance with sections 98, 99, 100, and 101 of the Act.
(a) Each holder of a cadet flight engineer licence or flight engineer licence must, unless they maintain an electronic logbook using software approved under paragraph (f) below, maintain a record in ink of their flight time in a logbook acceptable to the Director. Flight time entered in a logbook that has been lost or destroyed may only be recognised by the Director if it can be substantiated by means acceptable to the Director.
(b) The licence holder must enter the record of their flight time in their logbook—
(1) within 14 days of the completion of the flight to be recorded; or
(2) if the licence holder is engaged in flying away from their base, within 2 days of their return to base.
(c) The licence holder must keep their logbook for at least 12 months from the date of the last flight time entry recorded in it.
(d) Before the licence holder submits their logbook to the Director for any required inspection, they must—
(1) on each page, total each column of entries; and
(2) in the spaces provided, enter their total flight experience; and
(3) below the last entry, certify the correctness of the entries; and
(4) sign the certification.
(e) A person performing the duties of a flight engineer on an aircraft while not complying with any applicable requirement of this Part, may not credit that flight time for any purpose.
(f) The Director may approve the use of software for an electronic logbook rather than a paper logbook provided that the Director is satisfied that the software and user instructions contained within it provide adequate assurance as to:
(1) the format of entries
(2) how entries are certified
(3) how records are retained
(4) how computer-generated flights records are entered
(5) how entries may be altered
(6) how a logbook is submitted to the Director, and
(7) when records are entered.
(a) The holder of a current cadet flight engineer licence or flight engineer licence may only credit flight time for a licence or rating when the type certificate of the aircraft flown requires the carriage of a flight engineer.
(b) The holder of a current cadet flight engineer licence is entitled to be credited with the total flight time during which they are carrying out the duties of a flight engineer from the engineer's flight station under the direct supervision of the holder of a flight engineer instructor rating.
(c) The holder of a current flight engineer licence is entitled to be credited with the total flight time during which they are carrying out the duties of a flight engineer, flight engineer instructor, or flight engineer examiner.
(d) The holder of a current flight engineer licence when designated as a flight crew member other than a flight engineer, flight engineer instructor, or flight engineer examiner is entitled to be credited with the total flight time during which they are carrying out the duties of a flight engineer from the engineer's flight station.
(a) The holder of a cadet flight engineer licence or flight engineer licence issued under this Part must not exercise the privileges of that licence unless that person—
(1) holds a current Class 1 medical certificate issued under the Act; and
(2) complies with all medical endorsements on that medical certificate.
(a) The holder of a flight engineer licence issued under this Part must not exercise the privileges of that licence for more than two years from the date of the flight test required by rule 63.153(6), unless they have successfully completed a biennial flight review, within the immediately preceding 2 years, and a record to that effect in the form required by paragraph (c) has been endorsed in the holder's log book.
(b) The biennial flight review required by paragraph (a) must be conducted by the holder of a flight engineer instructor rating and must consist of—
(1) a review of the current general operating rules applicable to the use of the flight engineer licence, with particular emphasis upon applicable changes introduced within the immediately preceding 2 year period; and
(2) flight instruction to review those procedures and tasks applicable to the use of the flight engineer licence. A flight simulator may be used for all or part of such instruction.
(c) When the flight engineer instructor is satisfied that a biennial flight review has been successfully completed, the instructor must enter in the flight engineer's logbook the name, number of licence and rating, and signature of the instructor, and date of completion of the biennial flight review under the following statement:
This is to certify that [name of flight engineer] has successfully completed a Biennial Flight Review in accordance with the requirements of Civil Aviation Rule Part 63.
(d) The holder of a flight engineer licence issued under this Part, who does not meet the requirements of this rule, may exercise the privileges of the cadet flight engineer licence.
(a) The holder of a licence or rating issued under this Part must, when required by the Director and within such period as the Director may determine, take an examination or test to demonstrate their proficiency in the capacity for which the licence or rating is held.
(b) Any examination or test required by the Director under paragraph (a) will consist of such part or parts of the examination or test required by this Part as the Director may determine.
(c) A person who takes an examination or test under paragraph (a) and who fails to comply with the requirements prescribed for the grant of the licence or rating held, must not exercise the privileges of that licence or rating.
