Licencing

Question 1

How long is a foreign pilot validation valid for?

Answer 1

90 days extended 2 times

Question 2

A 36 year old ATP requires what class medical and for how long is it valid for?

Answer 2

Class 1 Medical, Valid for 12 months.

Question 3

What is the requirement for a pilot to operate a UAE registered aircraft?

Answer 3

1. 2.1.1 Unless specifically authorized by the GCAA, no person may act as pilot in command or in any other capacity as a required pilot flight crewmember of a civil aircraft of United Arab Emirates registry unless he/she has in his/her personal possession a valid pilot license issued to him/her under these Regulations, or a UAE validation of his/her foreign license, and appropriate to the duties to be performed by that person.
2. 2.1.2 The issuance of a license by the GCAA permits the holder of a license to exercise only the privileges granted by that license.
3. 2.1.3 The GCAA may suspend, vary or refuse to grant any license or rating issued under these Regulations

Question 4

How much time may be credited for the upgrade to a higher license?

Answer 4

entitled to be credited with not more than 50 per cent of the co-pilot flight time towards the total flight time required for a higher grade of pilot license.

Question 5

where must the medical be kept

Answer 5

Must be securely attached to the pilot’s license

Question 6

vadility of a UAE licence

Answer 6

Licences are issued/renewed for a maximum period of four (4) years.

Question 7

If a pilot (aeroplane) is aged 42, if his medical was issued on 5 April 1990, when is he due for another medical?

Answer 7

30 April 1991

Question 8

How many hours of instrument time is a pilot required to do before being eligible for a UAE instrument rating?

Answer 8

40 hours of instrument flight time in aeroplanes or helicopters of which not more than 20 hours (30 hours where a flight simulator is used) may be instrument ground time. The ground time shall be under the supervision of an authorized instructor.

Question 9

What is the minimum required dual flight instrument instruction received in airplanes from an authorized flight instructor to be eligible for a UAE instrument rating?

Answer 9

less than 10 hours of the instrument flight time

Question 10

What is the total number of seats allowable before it is necessary to have a co-pilot?

Answer 10

15

Question 11

Under part IV to serve as a second in Command what are the minimum requirement

Answer 11

Commercial Pilot License (CPL)

Question 12

The operation of what type of aircraft requires the pilot to hold a type rating in that aircraft?

Answer 12

2.1.3.2 Type ratings shall be issued for:

(a) each type of aircraft certificated for operation with a minimum crew of at
least two pilots;

(b) each type of helicopter;
(c) all turbojet powered aeroplanes;
(d) each group of balloons;
(e) any type of aircraft whenever considered necessary by the GCAA.