In accordance with section 34 (1) (a) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, the Minister of Transport hereby gives notice of her intention to make the following ordinary Civil Aviation Rules:
Part 135—Air Operations – Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes – The purpose of this rule making proposal is to raise the minimum flight time experience for pilots conducting air operations under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and clarify the requirements for consolidation flight time on different makes and models of aircraft. The proposed amendments provide a graduated scale for CAR Part 135 pilot experience requirements according to the complexity of the operation (NPRM 07-04, CAA Docket 6/CAR/3).
Consequential Amendments:
Part 61—Pilot Licences and Ratings
Part 119—Air Operator – Certification
Details of Notices of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) are published in the monthly Civil Aviation Rules Register Information Leaflet (CARRIL).
The NPRM and the CARRIL are available on the CAA
web site:
www.caa.govt.nz
or from the Docket Clerk at Civil Aviation Authority,
P.O. Box 31-441, Lower Hutt 5040. Telephone:
(04) 560 9603. Facsimile: (04) 560 9481. Email: docket@caa.govt.nz
The NPRM is also available for viewing at Aviation House, 10 Hutt Road Petone, on prior request to the Docket Clerk.
Submissions on the proposed rule should be submitted to the Docket Clerk by 1 December 2006, and can be posted, emailed or faxed using the Docket Clerk contact details as stated above.
Dated at Petone this 19th day of October 2006.
JOHN JONES, Director of Civil Aviation.