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Title: Regulations Governing Licences and Ratings for Airmen
Am Date: 2015-12-02
Legislative History: Amendment to Articles 2, 5, 7, 8, 88, 89, 90, 91, 98-1~98-6, 98-8~98-10, 102, 114 and attachment 1, 8, 9, 13, 16-18, promulgated on December 2, 2015

Transaction

Amended

Article 4
Applicant for airman rating shall provide the following documents:
(1) Airman application form.
(2) Photo copy of identification card or passport.
(3) Various kinds of airman application qualification information.
(4) Other CAA published information.
The above prescribed items (3) and (4) are listed in Attachment 1.

Article 5
Applicant for airman rating shall complete the required written examination within a period of 12-calendar-month, and shall successfully pass every subject within a maximum of 6-examination sessions. If the applicant fails to do so, it is required that the applicant shall start the application process anew. Practical examination shall follow the applicant’s passage of written examination and shall be completed within a period of 24-calendar-month within a maximum of 3 examination sessions. If the applicant fails to do so, it is required that the applicant shall start the application of examination process anew. Applicant shall submit proper documents to CAA for issuing rating certificate within 30 days if the written and practical examination are passed. The reason for deferring the documents mentioned above shall be acceptable to CAA.
Applicants, who fail portion of practical examination, may apply for re-examination of that portion within 30 days after received CAA’s notification, provided the applicants have received make-up training from their employer’s organization and proved to have gained more experience up to standards on the subject.
When in practical examination a pilot is found that a portion of the performance is not up to par, recheck shall be conducted within 60 days. If the applicant fails to meet the deadline, a whole practical examination shall be conducted.
Upon completion of the approved training course, before issuing an air-traffic-controller licence and appropriate rating, the applicant shall complete the written and practical examination within 90 days. Re-examination shall be limited to only once.
All written examination modules that make up a complete aircraft maintenance engineer licence category or subcategory in accordance with chapter 4-1 must be passed within a 5 year time period of passing the first module.
A failed module or practical assessment may not be taken for at least 90 days following the date of the failed module examination or practical assessment, except in the case of a Part-147 approved maintenance training organization which conducts a course of retraining to the failed subjects in the particular module when the failed module may be retaken after 30 days.

Article 7
The period of validity of other airman ratings is five years, for flight instructor is two years, in compliance with the following rulings:
(1) Periodical renewal of ratings: Unless the rating is either suspended or revoked, the rating holder may apply for renewal in 3 months before the current rating expires, attached with 2-inch photos taken within the last 6 months, and a copy of airman rating in validity.
(2) Renewal of overdue ratings: Airman with rating overdue for more than 12 months, shall successfully pass both written and practical examinations before any re-application of the rating can be processed. Airman rating overdue for less than 12 months can be renewed and the validity period is effective from the re-issued date.
(3) Added rating: For any additional rating of the same category, the applicant shall have demonstrated a degree of skill appropriate for which the rating is sought. For any additional rating of different categories the applicant shall have to demonstrate both knowledge and skill for which the rating is sought but exclude the written subjects for which the applicant has passed. When applying additional rating by members of flight crew, the applicant shall provide records of flight time and pertinent information.
The holder of airman ratings shall undersign and shall comply with the following rulings:
(1) Keeping the airman ratings valid and compliance with the privileges and limitations of ratings when working.
(2) Shall not perform the work, authorized by the airman rating, when the airman rating become invalid.

Article 8
When the airman rating is suspended or revoked, the holder shall return the respective rating to CAA. When the airman is under the provision of licence suspension, the holder is prohibited from applying for any added rating; if the airman rating is either suspended or revoked, the holder is prohibited from applying for the airman rating of the same type within one year.
If the aircraft mechanics or maintenance shop rating is either suspended or revoked, the holder is not eligible for application of ground mechanics nor aircraft maintenance shop repairman rating for one year.

Article 88
The applicant for flight engineer licence shall not be less than 21 years or over 65 years of age and produce documents to show that the applicant meets any of the following pre-requisites:
(1) Graduates of schools of aviation engineering; mechanics; electrical engineering or electronic engineering or has successfully completed the training for flight engineers. The training includes ground school, flight simulator, and operational practices on aircraft.
(2) Holder of a current aircraft maintenance engineer licence and has successfully completed flight engineer training.
(3) Has had 500 hours or more flight time as pilot on multi-engine aircraft and successfully completed flight engineer training.

Article 89
Applicant for flight engineer licence shall have demonstrated a level of knowledge appropriate to the privileges granted to the holder of a flight engineer licence in the following subjects:
(1) Civil Aviation Act and related regulations.
(2) Knowledge of aeronautics.
(3) Weight and balance.
(4) Aeronautical meteorology.
(5) Basic principles of powerplants of aircraft.
(6) Principles of operation of instrument on aircraft.
(7) General maintenance of aircraft.
(8) Aircraft structure.

Article 90
Flight engineer’s flight check shall be conducted in accordance with the required items on CAA established "Flight engineer flight check report" (See Attachment 8)

Article 91
Types of aircraft shall be endorsed on flight engineer’s rating.
Holder of flight engineer licence may only perform duties as appropriate to control, management and maintenance of the type of aircraft for which the licence holder is rated.

Article 95
The applicant for an aircraft mechanic license shall be able to demonstrate in accordance with CAA established "Mechanic practical examination report" (See Attachment 9), the ability to perform the required functions. The method of the examination shall include both practical and oral tests.

Article 98
A certificated mechanic may not exercise the privileges of his certificate and rating-unless, within the preceding 24 months
(1) The CAA has found that he is able to do that work; or
(2) He has, for at least 6 months (a) served as a mechanic under his certificate and rating; (b) technically supervised other mechanics;(c) supervised, in an executive capacity, the maintenance or alteration of aircraft; or (d) being engaged in any combination of (2) (a)(b)(c)(d)
(3) Supervised, in an executive capacity, the maintenance or alteration of aircraft.
Currently issued mechanic certificates prescribed by chapter 4, remain valid untill June 30, 2016.
The CAA will not accept the qualification process prescribed in chapter 4, since 3 months after the date of entry into force of this Part. Airman mechanic ratings issued prior to this Part coming into force, applying for periodic ratings renewal or overdue ratings renewal, shall be valid till June 30, 2016.
The holder of a mechanic ratings qualification validity prior to the date of entry into force of this Part, shall renew his ratings following such qualification process prescribed in Attachment 17 and chapter 4-1 no later than June 30, 2016. Where necessary, the airman mechanic ratings shall contain technical limitations in relation to the scope of the pre-existing qualification.

Article 98-1
This section establishes the requirements for the issue of an aircraft maintenance engineer licence and conditions of its validity and use, for aeroplanes and helicopters of the following categories:
(1) Category A
(2) Category B1
(3) Category B2
(4) Category C
Categories A and B1 are subdivided into subcategories relative to combinations of aeroplanes, helicopters, turbine and piston engines. The subcategories are:
(1) A1 and B1.1 Aeroplanes Turbine
(2) A2 and B1.2 Aeroplanes Piston
(3) A3 and B1.3 Helicopters Turbine
(4) A4 and B1.4 Helicopters Piston
The holder of a category B1, B2 or C aircraft maintenance licence shall only exercise certification privileges on a specific aircraft type when the aircraft maintenance engineer licence is endorsed with the appropriate aircraft type rating.

Article 98-2
An applicant for an aircraft maintenance engineer licence shall be at least 18 years of age and shall have acquired any of the following qualifications:
(1) for category A and subcategories B1.2 and B1.4:
a) 3 years of practical maintenance experience on operating aircraft, if the applicant has no previous relevant technical training; or
b) 2 years of practical maintenance experience on operating aircraft, if the applicant is a graduate from university or institute of aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or electronic engineering school, or a holder of aircraft maintenance technician and completion of relevant training as provided by the operator or repair station, in a technical trade; or
c) 1 year of practical maintenance experience on operating aircraft and completion of a Part-147 approved basic training course.
(2) for category B2 and subcategories B1.1 and B1.3:
a) 5 years of practical maintenance experience on operating aircraft if the applicant has no previous relevant technical training; or
b) 4 years of practical maintenance experience on operating aircraft, if the applicant is a graduate from university or institute of aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or electronic engineering school, or a holder of aircraft maintenance technician and completion of relevant training as provided by the operator or repair station, in a technical trade; or
c) 2 years of practical maintenance experience on operating aircraft and completion of a Part-147 approved basic training course.
(3) for category C with respect to large aircraft:
a) 3 years of experience exercising category B1.1, B1.3 or B2 privileges on large aircraft or as Part-145 B1.1, B1.3 or B2 support staff, or, a combination of both; or
b) 5 years of experience exercising category B1.2 or B1.4 privileges on large aircraft or as Part-145 B1.2 or B1.4 support staff, or a combination of both.
(4) for category C with respect to non large aircraft:
three years of experience exercising category B1 or B.2 privileges on non large aircraft or as Part-145 B1 or B.2 support staff, or a combination of both.
For all initial applicants, at least one year of the required experience must be recent maintenance experience within 10 years on aircraft of the category/subcategory for which the initial aircraft maintenance engineer licence is sought. For subsequent category/subcategory additions to an existing aircraft maintenance engineer licence, the additional recent maintenance experience required may be less than one year, but must be at least three months, as prescribed in Attachment 18, "Experience requirements for extending a Part-66 Aircraft Maintenance Egineer Licence".
Aircraft maintenance experience gained outside a civil aircraft maintenance environment shall be accepted when such maintenance is equivalent to that required by this Part as established by the CAA. Additional experience of civil aircraft maintenance shall, however, be required to ensure understanding of the civil aircraft maintenance environment.

Article 98-3
An application for an aircraft maintenance engineer licence or amendment to such licence shall be made in a manner established by the CAA and submitted thereto. An applicant for an aircraft maintenance engineer licence or the addition of a category or subcategory to such an aircraft maintenance engineer licence shall demonstrate, by examination and/or assessment, a level of knowledge in the appropriate subject modules in accordance with Attachment 19 to this Part.
The basic knowledge examinations and practical assessments shall be conducted by the CAA; however, a maintenance training organization appropriately approved under Part-147 might be delegated to conduct the basic knowledge examinations and practical assessments in accordance with the approval.
The practical assessments associated with elements and requirements shall be conducted in accordance with the "Aircraft maintenance engineer practical assessments report", as prescribed in Attachment 9.

Article 98-4
The holder of an aircraft maintenance engineer licence may exercise certification privileges pursuant to the category/subcategory, as prescribed as follows:
(1) A category A aircraft maintenance engineer licence shall permit the holder to issue certificates of release to service following minor scheduled line maintenance and simple defect rectification within the limits of tasks specifically endorsed on the authorization. The certification privileges shall be restricted to work that the licence holder has personally performed in a Part-145 organization or an operator.
(2) A category B1 aircraft maintenance engineer license shall permit the holder to issue certificates of release to service following maintenance, including aircraft structure, power plant and mechanical and electrical systems. Replacement of avionic line replaceable units, requiring simple tests to prove their serviceability, shall also be included in the privileges. Category B1 shall automatically include the appropriate A subcategory.
(3) A category B2 aircraft maintenance engineer license shall permit the holder to issue certificates of release to service following maintenance on avionic and electrical systems.
(4) A category C aircraft maintenance engineer license shall permit the holder to issue certificates of release to service following base maintenance on aircraft in a Part-145 organization.
The holder of an aircraft maintenance engineer license may not exercise certification privileges unless:
(1) in the preceding two-year period he/she has, either had six months of maintenance experience in accordance with the privileges granted by the aircraft maintenance engineer license or, complete the task/type training according to the training program approved by the CAA.
(2) he/she is able to read, write and communicate to an understandable level in the language(s) in which the technical documentation and procedures necessary to support the issue of the certificate of release to service are written.

Article 98-5
The holder of a category A aircraft maintenance engineer license may only exercise certification privileges on a specific aircraft type following the satisfactory completion of the relevant category A aircraft task training carried out by an appropriately approved Part-145 or Part-147 organization.

Article 98-6
An applicant for category B1, B2 and C aircraft maintenance engineer license shall complete the relevant category B1, B2 or C aircraft type training approved by the CAA or conducted by an appropriately approved Part-147 maintenance training organization before he/she can take practical examination. Nevertheless, the aircraft type training course provided by the aircraft manufacturer or included in the training program approved by the CAA shall be granted.
Category B1, B2 and C approved type training shall include theoretical and practical elements. Theoretical and practical training, and the approved training program shall comply with Attachment 20.

Article 98-8
An applicant for category B1, B2 and C of other than large aircraft maintenance engineer license may be granted, unless the CAA has determined that the aircraft is complex, where Article 98-6 approved type training is required.
The applicant for category B1, B2 and C of other than large aircraft maintenance engineer license should satisfactorily complete the relevant category B1, B2 or C aircraft type examination and demonstrate with practical experience on the aircraft type.

Article 98-9
An applicant for an aircraft maintenance engineer license shall prepare personal logbook for recording and identifying with the applicant’s maintenance training and experience.

Article 98-10
An applicant undergoing a qualification process, prior to the date of entry into force of this Part, may continue to be qualified, and shall renew his ratings following such qualification process prescribed in Article 98.

Article 102
A certificated repairman at a repair station may perform or supervise the maintenance, preventive maintenance, alteration and return to service of aircraft components in accordance with approved operational procedures and under the authorized scope of the operator or repair station. The repairman shall also be under the supervision and evaluation of the airline or repair station that employs him/her.
A certificated repairman may not perform or supervise duties under the repairman certificate unless the repairman understands the maintenance inspection procedures of the airline or repair station that employs the repairman and the manufacturer’s manuals.
A certificated repairman may not perform the airworthiness release of an aircraft as a licenced aircraft maintenance engineer.

Article 114
Applicants of flight dispatcher, mechanics or repairmen for appropriate category rating who holds a current foreign licence with foreign nationalities shall produce, in addition to the required documents prescribed by Article 4, the following relevant documents:
(1) Historical records of aircraft dispatch, mechanics or aircraft repair shop (station) experience and photocopies of the foreign rating certificates.
(2) Documents to verify that the airman certification system of the state that issued the airman licence and rating, meets the minimum standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
(3) Photocopy of employment approval issued by the appropriate central labor authority, if working in R.O.C.
The test subjects for applicants described above include Civil Aviation Act and related regulations.
Applicant of alien nationals for aircraft dispatch rating shall demonstrate the ability in accordance with the items required by "aircraft dispatcher practical examination report" (See Appendix 11).
Applicant of alien nationals for mechanics licence or rating shall demonstrate the ability in accordance with the items required by "aircraft mechanics practical examination report" (See Appendix 9). The method of the examination shall be practical and oral.
Applicant of alien nationals for aircraft repair shop (station) licence or rating shall demonstrate the ability in accordance with the items required by "aircraft repair shop (station) practical examination report" (See Appendix 10). The method of the examination shall be practical or oral.

Article 115
Fees for airman’s written and practical examinations, licenses or certificates, student’s permits, rating certificates, flight simulator evaluation and qualification certificates, including initial issuing, supplemental issuing, renewal, additional rating, overdue renewal, papers for proving personal license validity shall be charged in accordance with "charge rate for airman licenses and flight simulator evaluation fee" (see Appendix 13) and payment shall follow budgetary procedures.
Airman of alien national licenses and certificates fee shall be charged as prescribed above.
For those whom apply for issuing Certificate in according with this regulation in foreign country except these two charge above also shall made a payment for work expenses which are listed in Appendix 14. The work expenses shall be received on CAA’s behalf and earmarks a fund for this specific purpose.

Article 2
Terms used in this Regulation have the following meanings:
(1) Rating. An authorization entered on or associated with a licence and forming part thereof, stating special conditions, privileges or limitations pertaining to such licence.
(2) Aircraft pilot. The person conducting the flight operation of an aircraft, who is the holder of appropriate type rating and valid medical certificate. A licensed pilot includes pilot in command and co-pilot. Pilot in command is the pilot who is fully responsible for the flight operation and safety. Co-pilot is the pilot serving in any piloting capacity other than as Pilot in command.
(3) Flight engineer. A licensed engineer who is the holder of appropriate type rating and valid medical certificate authorized to exercise privileges on an appropriate type of aircraft. The privilege includes systems management, operations and maintenance during flight time.
(4) Aircraft maintenance engineer. A licensed aircraft maintenance engineer who is the holder of appropriate type rating authorized to perform duties in respect of maintenance and inspection of airframes, powerplants, or aircraft avionics systems as specified on the licence.
(5) Repairman. A licensed mechanic who holds on appropriate type rating employed by airline or repair station authorized to engage in repair, modification and inspection of aircraft or parts of the aircraft.
(6) Flight operation officer (flight dispatcher). A licensed specialist who holds on appropriate type rating authorized to exercise flight watch and provides flight information and all operating assistance to the pilot-in-command from the phase of preparing a flight through termination of the flight.
(7) Air traffic controller. Licenced public service personnel who holds on appropriate type rating and valid medical certificate authorized to perform a safe, orderly and expeditious control service to facilitate the pilot accomplishing a flight.
(8) Flight time
a) Aeroplane: The total time from the moment an aircraft first moves under its own power for the purpose of flight until the moment it comes to rest at the end of the flight.
b) Helicopter: The total time from the moment the rotary wings start rotating until the moment the rotary wings stop rotating.
c) Free balloon / Airship: The total time from the moment it leaves the ground for the purpose of flight until it lands after the flight.
d) Glider: The total time from the moment it starts moving, regardless whether being towed, for the purpose of flight, until the moment it comes to rest at the end of flight.
(9) Instrument flight time. Time during which a pilot is piloting an aircraft solely by instruments and without external reference points.
(10) Cross-country flight. The distance from a point where an aircraft takes off to a point where it lands is no less than 30 kilometers.
(11) Flight simulator. A CAA certificated or approved ground apparatus, which provides an accurate representation of flight deck of a particular aircraft type to the extent that the performance and flight characteristics of that type of aircraft are realistically simulated.
(12) Flight instructor. A licensed pilot, qualified to act as a flight instructor and perform instruction duties in a CAA approved airman training school (institute).
(13) Instructor pilot. A pilot conducts flight instruction in an organization other than institutes referred to by the above (13).
(14) Airship. power-driven, lighter-than-air aircraft.
(15) Free balloon. non-power-driven, one lighter-than-air manned aircraft, includes gas Free balloon and hot-air Free balloon.
(16) Glider. An aircraft which is not power-driven, heavier-than-air, derives its lift in flight from aerodynamic reaction on surfaces that remain fixed under given conditions of flight.