The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on March 18, 2024, issued a draft Revision to CAR Section 7 Series G Part II - Validation of Foreign Licenses of Flight Crew.
The following has been stated: -
•This Civil Aviation Requirement lays down the requirements for the Validation of foreign licenses (Foreign Aircrew Temporary Authorization - FATA) under Rule 45 and issued under the provision of Rule 133A of the Aircraft Rules, 1937.
•Some of the General Requirements for the Validation of foreign licenses are as follows: -
(i)The applicant shall be in possession of a license and ratings on the type/variant issued by the contracting State in accordance with the ICAO standards and acceptable to DGCA for operating Indian registered aircraft.
(ii)The Foreign Aircrew Temporary Authorization shall not be issued in respect of Indian Nationals having a valid foreign license. They will be required to convert their Foreign license in accordance with the requirements stipulated in CAR Section 7, Series ‘G’ Part I.
(iii)The Foreign Licence holder shall have a valid passport and Visa except the Nationals from the country exempted by MEA.
(iv)The Foreign Licence holder shall have current medical fitness assessment certificates (Class I), Flight Radio Telephony license/authorization, and English Language Proficiency certificate/endorsement issued by the same aeronautical/licensing authority, that has issued the foreign license.
Comments are invited by April 17, 2024.
The detailed notification is given in the document attached below.
[Notification No. File No.: 8/02/2006-L2]
