The Civil Aviation Safety Authority advised the ATSB on 3 April
2006 that it has amended Civil Aviation Order 40.2.1, Instrument
Ratings, to clarify the requirement for all instrument rating
holders to hold an endorsement for any navigation aid being used to
navigate an aircraft (including instrument approaches of which they
are a crew member. The amendment does, however, provide an
exemption for co-pilot crew members who do not hold an endorsement
but have received equivalent training and demonstrated proficiency
in the use of the navigation aid while participating in an
operator's cyclic training and proficiency programme. The amendment
became effective on 25 March 2006.
ATSB Note:
The wording of Civil Aviation Order 40.2.1 paragraph 13.3.4
prior to the amendment of 25 March 2006:
For the purposes of regulation 5.16, it is a condition of each
instrument rating that the holder of the rating must use only the
types of navigation aids or procedures endorsed in the holder's
personal log book when exercising the authority given by the
rating.
The amended wording of CAO 40.2.1 paragraph 13.3.4 is:
For regulation 5.16, it is a condition of each instrument
rating that the holder may act as pilot in command or co-pilot of
an aircraft being flown under the IFR only if each navigation aid
or procedure that is used to navigate the aircraft during flight
has been endorsed in his or her personal log book.
