S.L. 499.26 Art. 10Examination.

(1) A person wishing to obtain a pilot’s licence must first obtain a licence to serve as a trainee pilot. Before a licence is granted to a candidate to serve as a trainee pilot the Authority and the Board shall be satisfied that such candidate -

(a) satisfies the provisions of regulations 9(1)(b) to (h) and 9(2);

(b) has passed, to the satisfaction of the panel of examiners appointed by the Board from the technical committee, a written and, or oral examination based on a syllabus which is published from time to time by the Authority.

(2) Before sitting for the aforementioned examination, each candidate shall pay the Authority a fee established from time to time by the Authority.

(3) When in the case that more candidates than the number of applicants needed to fill the vacancy or vacancies are successful in the examination, which would be of a qualifying nature, the order of merit which would thereafter determine the placement of candidates would be established by the Board on the advice of the panel of examiners.

(4) The Board shall give preference to those successful candidates who hold superior qualifications and who have the most practical experience. To this effect, the Board shall issue its first call for applications for those persons who are qualified in terms of regulation 9(1)(e)(i) to (iv): Provided that if none of the candidates is found to comply with the necessary requirements, a second call for applications may be issued to include also persons with qualifications in terms of regulation 9(1)(e)(v) and (vi).