Regulation 20

Student pilot’s licence;

Private pilot’s licence (aeroplanes);

Private pilot’s licence (helicopters and gyroplanes);

Private pilot’s licence (airships);

Commercial pilot’s licence (aeroplanes);

Commercial pilot’s licence (helicopters and gyroplanes);

[Deleted by S 114/2026 wef 16/03/2026](h)Commercial pilot’s licence (airships);

[Deleted by S 114/2026 wef 16/03/2026](ia)Multi-crew Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes);

Airline transport pilot’s licence (aeroplanes);

Airline transport pilot’s licence (helicopters and gyroplanes);

[Deleted by S 497/2019 wef 15/07/2019](m)[Deleted by S 497/2019 wef 15/07/2019](n)Flight radiotelephony operator’s licence,upon his being satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold the licence and is qualified by reason of his knowledge, experience, competence, skill and physical fitness to act in the capacity to which the licence relates, and for that purpose the applicant is required to hold the applicable aviation medical certificate under regulation 3 of the Air Navigation (67 — Aviation Medical Certification) Regulations 2026 and may be required to undergo any examinations and tests or furnish any other evidence as the Chief Executive may determine. A licence of any class shall not be granted to any person who is under the minimum age specified for that class of licence in Part A of the Eighth Schedule.

a licence of the class mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1)(a) or (h) must not be granted to or renewed for any person who is 65 years of age or older; and

a licence of the class mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1)(e), (f), (j) or (k) must not be granted to or renewed for any person who is 65 years of age or older except where the purpose of granting or renewing the licence is to entitle the holder of the licence to give instruction in flying an aircraft that is certificated for single pilot operations by the inclusion of a flying instructor’s rating or assistant flying instructor’s rating in the licence.

subject to sub‑paragraphs (10) and (11) and paragraphs 19(4) and 23(1), the holder of the licence is not entitled to perform any function specified in Part B of the Eighth Schedule in respect of a rating unless the licence includes that rating;

the holder of the licence is not entitled to perform any function relating to the licence if the holder knows or has reason to believe that the holder’s physical condition renders the holder temporarily or permanently unfit to perform that function;

the holder of the licence is not entitled to perform any function relating to an instrument rating (aeroplanes), an instrument rating (helicopters), or an assistant flying instructor’s rating unless the licence bears a certificate signed by a person authorised by the Chief Executive, stating that the holder has, within the period of 12 months before the day on which the holder performs that function, passed a test of the holder’s ability to perform that function;

the holder of the licence is not entitled to perform any function relating to a flying instructor’s rating unless the licence bears a certificate signed by a person authorised by the Chief Executive, stating that the holder has, within the period of 24 months, or 12 months if the holder is 65 years of age or older, before the day on which the holder performs that function, passed a test of the holder’s ability to perform that function;

the holder of a pilot’s licence is not entitled to exercise the privileges of an aircraft rating contained in the licence on a flight unless the licence bears, in accordance with the requirements contained in the Singapore Air Safety Publication (SASP), a valid certificate of test or experience appropriate to the functions the holder is to perform on that flight;

a test referred to in sub‑paragraphs (c) and (d) must be carried out either in flight or on the ground by means of a flight simulation training device.

a Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) or an Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) from acting as pilot-in-command of an aeroplane carrying passengers by night by reason of the lack of a night rating in his licence; or

a Multi-crew Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) from acting as pilot-in-command of a single-crew aeroplane carrying passengers by night by reason of the lack of a night rating in his licence provided that such licence entitles him to act as a pilot-in-command of a single-crew aeroplane.

in the case where the flight simulation training device is located in a foreign country and there is a mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between the Authority and the competent authority of the foreign country relating to the system of certification or approval for the flight simulation training device —

the flight simulation training device is certified or approved by the competent authority of the foreign country under the laws of the foreign country, for such use; and

for the purposes of this sub‑paragraph, the foreign country is specified in an advisory circular issued under paragraph 88B; or

in any other case, the person has obtained from the Chief Executive a certificate of qualification referred to in sub‑paragraph (12B) for the flight simulation training device.

in the case where the flight simulation training device is located in a foreign country and there is a mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between the Authority and the competent authority of the foreign country relating to the system of certification or approval for the flight simulation training device —

the flight simulation training device is certified or approved by the competent authority of the foreign country under the laws of the foreign country, for such use; and

for the purposes of this sub‑paragraph, the foreign country is specified in an advisory circular issued under paragraph 88B; or

in any other case, the flight simulation training device has been approved by the Chief Executive, by way of a certificate of qualification referred to in sub‑paragraph (12B), for such use.

approve any course of training or instruction;

authorise a person (called in this paragraph an examiner) to conduct such examinations or tests as he may specify;

approve a person to provide any course of training or instruction; and

approve the use of a flight simulation training device by —

any person authorised under sub‑paragraph (b) to conduct any examination or test; or

any person approved under sub‑paragraph (c) to provide any course of flight training or instruction.

an applicant for or the holder of any licence referred to in this paragraph;

an applicant for or the holder of any certificate of qualification for a flight simulation training device referred to in sub-paragraph (12B);

a person applying to be authorised or authorised under sub-paragraph (13)(b) as an examiner to conduct any examination or test;

a person applying to be approved or approved under sub-paragraph (13)(c) to provide any course of training or instruction;

a person applying to be approved or approved under sub‑paragraph (13)(d)(i) to use a flight simulation training device to conduct any examination or test;

a person applying to be approved or approved under sub‑paragraph (13)(d)(ii) to use a flight simulation training device to provide any course of flight training or instruction.