aditya104
2nd Jul 2013, 11:50
This topic pertains to DGCA The Aircraft Rules, 1937 India.
PART XII - PERSONNEL OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES
102. Maximum age limit for holding licence or rating (http://dgca.nic.in/airrule/rule102.htm)
No person shall exercise the privileges of the licence granted under this Part after he has attained the age of sixty years.
Inserted by GSR No 64(E) dated 3-2-2012]
Whereas in Part III (http://dgca.nic.in/part3.htm) of The Aircraft Rules, 1937, there is Rule 28A-Maximum age limit for professional pilots (http://dgca.nic.in/airrule/rule28a.pdf) amended by GSR 660(E) dated 5.9.2008. This rule states:
28A. Maximum age limit for professional pilots. –
(1) No person, holding a pilot’s licence issued under these rules and having attained the age of sixty-five years, shall act as Pilot-in-Command or Co-pilot of an aircraft engaged in commercial air transport operations.
(2) No person holding a pilot’s licence issued under these rules and having attained the age of sixty years , shall act as Pilot-in-Command or Co-pilot of an arcraft engaged in commercial air transport operations unless it is operated in a multi-crew environment and the other pilot is less than sixty years of age.
Rule 102 was inserted on 3-2-2012. That's fine. But next to Rule 28A, it says that the rule was amended by GSR 660(E) on 5-9-2008 but the link takes us to GSR 676 of November 2005 (http://dgca.nic.in/airrule/not676(E).pdf).
Is the difference in age due to non updation of the relevant section of DGCA website or do the above rules have different meaning that I do not understand at the moment. If both these rules exist in their present form and are actually conflicting with each other, then which rule to follow? The latest one?
PART XII - PERSONNEL OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES
102. Maximum age limit for holding licence or rating (http://dgca.nic.in/airrule/rule102.htm)
No person shall exercise the privileges of the licence granted under this Part after he has attained the age of sixty years.
Inserted by GSR No 64(E) dated 3-2-2012]
Whereas in Part III (http://dgca.nic.in/part3.htm) of The Aircraft Rules, 1937, there is Rule 28A-Maximum age limit for professional pilots (http://dgca.nic.in/airrule/rule28a.pdf) amended by GSR 660(E) dated 5.9.2008. This rule states:
28A. Maximum age limit for professional pilots. –
(1) No person, holding a pilot’s licence issued under these rules and having attained the age of sixty-five years, shall act as Pilot-in-Command or Co-pilot of an aircraft engaged in commercial air transport operations.
(2) No person holding a pilot’s licence issued under these rules and having attained the age of sixty years , shall act as Pilot-in-Command or Co-pilot of an arcraft engaged in commercial air transport operations unless it is operated in a multi-crew environment and the other pilot is less than sixty years of age.
Rule 102 was inserted on 3-2-2012. That's fine. But next to Rule 28A, it says that the rule was amended by GSR 660(E) on 5-9-2008 but the link takes us to GSR 676 of November 2005 (http://dgca.nic.in/airrule/not676(E).pdf).
Is the difference in age due to non updation of the relevant section of DGCA website or do the above rules have different meaning that I do not understand at the moment. If both these rules exist in their present form and are actually conflicting with each other, then which rule to follow? The latest one?