SA CAA will stop issuing validation

[GUSTO]

Hi All ,

Heard that the CAA will soon not issue validation of foreign licence . Anybody knows if it is another rumours or a real fact .

Safe landings

Gusto

[B Sousa]

Better hope not, as there are more SA types on validations in other countries who will do just the same..........

[GUSTO]

It will be disaster for the SA aviation industry , many companies in Africa and elsewhere in the world got airplanes ( ZS) on a lease basis with local crews ( Foreigners ) on a validation . If they stop issuing validation those comp they will stop leasing aircraft from SA . Guys like NAC for example will cry as the banks in SA are usually not willing to lease airplanes on a foreign reg .

I agree with you Lots of SA guys are on validation in Europe and Asia for instance.

And this new regulations ( if any???) will not give a job to the 200/300 hours unemployed SA pilots , as mainly foreign guys on validation have extensive experience on type and in the region .

Anyway let see what it is coming...:hmm:

[B200Drvr]

It is not a rumour, once Part 61 has been adopted in full there will be no more validations, Part 61 makes no allowance for validations of a foreign license.

[Maurice Chavez]

Got this of the CAA website:

Validation of licence issued by appropriate authority
61.01.18
(1) The holder of a licence or rating issued by an appropriate authority, who desires to act as a pilot of a South African
registered aircraft, shall apply to the Commissioner in the appropriate form as prescribed in Document SACATSFCL,
for a validation of such licence or rating.
(2) The application for a validation referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be accompanied by -
(a) the appropriate fee as prescribed in Part 187;
(b) a certified true copy of the licence and rating to which the validation refers;
(c) a valid medical certificate; and
(d) in the case of a validation of a licence and rating, the privileges of which are to be exercised for commercial
purposes, a temporary work permit, permanent residency permit and a letter of appointment from a South
African employer who requires the services of the applicant.
(3) A licence and rating issued by an appropriate authority may be validated by the Commissioner -
(a) subject to the same restrictions which apply to such licence and rating;
(b) in accordance with and subject to the requirements and conditions as prescribed in Document SA-CATSFCL;
and
(c) on the appropriate form as prescribed in Document SACATS-FCL.
(4) The duration of a validation issued by the Commissioner shall be -
(a) 12 months calculated from the date of issue of such validation by the Commissioner; or
(b) the period of validity of the licence and rating issued by the appropriate authority concerned, whichever
period is the lesser period.
(5) The holder of a validation issued by the Commissioner may, subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (6), apply to
the Commissioner for a renewal of such validation at least 21 days immediately preceding the date of expiry of such
validation.

This is from 1997................