January 2007
Expiry dates of instructor and instrument ratings
CLARC flight crew licensing has noticed a number of errors in the flight test notifications for instructor and instrument ratings.
ATOs need to make sure the dates entered in the pilot's logbook (and the notification sent to CASA) are correct.
To help out, some examples are given for instructor ratings and instrument ratings in the following tables.
Notes:
- The issue or renewal date should be the flight test date, except where a renewal test is completed within the 90-day period preceding expiry (see Routine renewal in the table of sample currency periods above).
- Where an instrument renewal test is completed within the 90-day period preceding expiry, the provisions of subparagraph 12.1 of CAO 40.2.1 override subparagraph 5 of the same Order — that is, the new currency period commences the day after expiry and continues for a maximum of 12 months.
- If the holder of a C-SE Instrument Rating upgrades to a C-ME rating, he or she is issued with a new rating as these ratings are identified as separate ratings under CAR 5.13 . There is no change to the currency period for the C-SE rating.
Holders of the C-ME rating are authorised to fly single- or multi-engine aircraft (CAO 40.2.1 subparagraph 13).
Flying Instructor Rating
| Transaction | Expiry Date of Rating | Flight Test Date | Currency Period |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issue Date | Renewal Date | Expiry Date | |||
Initial Issue Gr 3 Aeroplanes Gr 2 Helicopters |
– |
13/03/01 |
13/03/01 (i.e. flight test date) |
– |
31/03/02 |
Initial Issue Gr 2 or 1 Aeroplanes Gr 1 Helicopters |
– |
13/03/01 |
13/03/01 (i.e. flight test date) |
– |
31/03/03 |
Routine renewal (within 90 days) |
20/04/01 |
13/03/01 |
No change to original date |
21/04/01 (i.e. beginning date of new currency period) |
30/04/03 |
Early renewal (outside 90 days) |
20/04/01 |
10/01/01 |
No change to original date |
10/01/01 (i.e. flight test date) |
31/01/03 |
Renewal of Expired Rating (1) |
20/04/01 |
15/05/01 |
No change to original date |
15/05/01 (i.e. flight test date) |
31/05/03 |
Renewal of Expired Rating (2) |
10/02/99 |
15/05/01 |
No change to original date |
15/05/01 (i.e. flight test date) |
31/05/03 |
Instrument Rating
| Transaction | Expiry Date of Rating | Flight Test | Currency Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issue Date | Renewal Date | Expiry Date | |||
Initial Issue |
– |
13/03/01 |
13/03/01 (i.e. flight test date) |
– |
31/03/02 |
Routine renewal (within 90 days) |
30/04/01 |
13/03/01 |
No change to original date |
01/05/01 (i.e. beginning date of new currency period) |
30/04/02 |
Early renewal (outside 90 days) |
30/04/01 |
10/01/01 |
No change to original date |
10/01/01 (i.e. flight test date) |
31/01/02 |
Renewal of Expired Rating (see note 1 below) |
30/04/01 |
15/05/01 |
No change to original date |
15/05/01 (i.e. flight test date) |
31/05/02 |
Renewal of Expired Rating (see note 2 below) |
31/07/96 |
15/05/01 |
No change to original date |
15/05/01 (i.e. flight test date) |
31/05/02 |