HELICOPTER AND GYROPLANE PILOTS HELICOPTER AND GYROPLANE PILOTS
United Kingdom
Minimum age – 17 years
No maximum period of validity
Privileges:
Subject to paragraph (2), the holder of the licence is entitled to fly as pilot-in-command or co-pilot of any helicopter of a type specified in an aircraft rating included in the licence.
The holder of the licence must not—
fly a helicopter for the purpose of commercial air transport or aerial work other than aerial work which consists of—
the giving of instruction in flying if the licence includes a flying instructor’s rating;
the conduct of flying tests for the purposes of this Order;
except in either case in a helicopter owned, or operated under arrangements entered into, by a flying club of which the person giving the instruction or conducting the test and the person receiving the instruction or undergoing the test are both members;
receive any remuneration for services as a pilot on a flight other than remuneration for the giving of such instruction or the conduct of such flying tests as are specified in sub-paragraph (a);
fly as pilot-in-command of a helicopter at night unless the licence includes a night rating (helicopters);
unless the licence includes an instrument rating (helicopter), fly as pilot-in-command or co-pilot of a helicopter in circumstances which require compliance with the Instrument Flight Rules—
in Class A, B or C airspace at any time; or
in Class D, E, F or G airspace unless flying at night and remaining clear of cloud and with the surface in sight;
fly as pilot-in-command of a helicopter carrying passengers unless—
within the preceding 90 days the holder has made three circuits, each to include take-offs and landings as the sole manipulator of the controls of a helicopter of the same type; or
if the privileges are to be exercised by night and the licence does not include an instrument rating, within the preceding 90 days the holder has made three circuits, each to include take-offs and landings by night as the sole manipulator of the controls of a helicopter of the same type.