60 Day extension to the time limit for completing PPL examinations

CAA approved test centres have recently experienced internet connectivity problems as a result of cable theft. To assist candidates and ATOs, the Director of Civil Aviation has granted holders of South African Student Pilot licences a 60 day exemption from the requirements of Regulation 61.03.3, as amended, which requires a candidate to pass all the PPL theoretical knowledge examinations within a period of 18 months from attaining the first pass.

The exemption is granted subject to compliance with the following requirements:

The applicant must:

(a) Have attained his/her first PPL theoretical knowledge examination pass after the 1^st of October 2008 and before the 1^st of June 2010.

(b) The applicant’s 18 month period must include the months of April or May 2010.