172. Flight instructor and check pilot competency checks

An AOC holder must ensure it has sufficient numbers of suitably qualified supervisory flight instructors or supervisory check pilots to ensure competency of the appointed instructors and check pilots.

An AOC holder must ensure that every supervisory flight instructor and every supervisory check pilot receives instruction and maintains proficiency as appropriate in —

the methods of imparting instruction on how to operate, and how to ensure the safe operation of, a particular make and series of aircraft, or variant;

the methods of recovery from mishandled, abnormal, and emergency manoeuvres;

the operation of the aeroplane, equipment, or flight simulation training device used and, in operational flight, procedures and manoeuvres under normal, abnormal, and emergency conditions; and

the elements of crew resource management and the methods of evaluating crew resource management skills.

An AOC holder must ensure it has sufficient numbers of suitably qualified supervisory flight instructors or supervisory check pilots to ensure competency of the appointed instructors and check pilots.

An AOC holder must ensure that every supervisory flight instructor and every supervisory check pilot receives instruction and maintains proficiency as appropriate in —

the methods of imparting instruction on how to operate, and how to ensure the safe operation of, a particular make and series of aircraft, or variant;

the methods of recovery from mishandled, abnormal, and emergency manoeuvres;

the operation of the aeroplane, equipment, or flight simulation training device used and, in operational flight, procedures and manoeuvres under normal, abnormal, and emergency conditions; and

the elements of crew resource management and the methods of evaluating crew resource management skills.