THE AIRCRAFT RULES, 1937 - Ministry of Civil Aviation

(iii)(iv)(v)not less than fifty hours cross-country flight time as Pilot-in-Command including a cross-country flight of not less than threehundred nautical miles in the course of which full stop landingsat two different aerodromes shall be made;not less than fifty hours of instrument time of which not morethan twenty hours may be on an approved simulator, out of whichminimum of five hours of instrument time shall have beencompleted within a period of six months immediately precedingthe date of application for the Instrument Rating; andnot less tha five hours time by night including a minimum of tentake offs and ten landings as Pilot-in-Command (as solemanipulator of controls) carried out within six monthsimmediately preceding the date of application for licence:Provided that in case of an applicant who is in Possession of aCommercial Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters) and who has satisfactorily completednot less than one thousand hours of flight time as Pilot-in-Command of ahelicopter, the above experience requirement of two hundred hours as pilot of anairplane shall be reduced to hundred hours.Note- The student-pilot-in- command flight time shall not be logged byinstructor in his own log book. Student log book shall indicate student pilot-incommandflight time in remarks column as SPIC with the name of the instructor.(f) Flying Training – He shall have completed the flying training in accordancewith the syllabus prescribed by the Director-General.(g) Other Requirements – He shall be in possession of a current Flight RadioTelephone Operator’s Licence for operation of radio telephone apparatus onboard an aircraft Issued by the Director-General.(h) Skill – He shall have demonstrated his competency to perform theprocedures and manoeuvres prescribed in the syllabus to the satisfaction ofan examiner, on the type of aeroplane to which the application for licencerelates, within a period of six months immediately preceding the date ofapplication. The competency shall be demonstrated in –(i)(ii)(iii)general flying test by day;general flying test by night;a cross-country flight test by day consisting of a flight of not lessthan two hundred fifty nautical miles in the course of which atleast one full stop landing at an aerodrome other than theaerodrome of departure shall be made;