Cathay Annual Line Checks are usually done by TCCs. TCCs are not CAD Authorised examiners. There is no license signing required. This is separate from the requirements of the ANO and therefore, presumably NOT regulatory?
The AN(HK)O stipulates two types of tests for pilots: Schedule 9 items and Schedule 11 items. Schedule 9 items include the AR and IR, both of which require a Certificate of Test that must be signed by a person authorised by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR (eg an authorised examiner). Schedule 11 items include the Line Check, LVO, emergency manoeuvres and procedures, etc, which do not require a Certificate of Test.Nevertheless, it is still a statutory requirement they be tested by the aircraft operator.
The PC includes the Schedule 9 items (ie IR & AR) and some Schedule 11 items. It must be conducted by an authorised examiner because of the Schedule 9 items. The RT, on the other hand, includes only Schedule 11 items and does not need to be conducted by an authorised examiner. Similarly, the Annual Line Check is a Schedule 11 item and does not need to be conducted by an authorised examiner.
The PC and some regulatory items of the RT meet the requirements of the ANO quoted.
The AN(HK)O states:
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Every pilot included in the flight crew who is intended by the operator to fly as pilot in circumstances requiring compliance with the Instrument Flight Rules shall within the relevant period have been tested by or on behalf of the operator...as to his competence to perform his duties while executing normal manoeuvres and procedures in flight...”
“A pilot’s ability to carry out normal manoeuvres and procedures shall be tested in the aircraft in flight.
The other tests required by this sub-paragraph may be conducted either in the aircraft in flight, or under the supervision of a person approved by the Chief Executive for the purpose by means of a flight simulator...”