International Standards and Recommended Practices

Annex 1 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation

Personnel Licensing

This edition incorporates all amendments adopted by the Council prior to 20 February 2001 and supersedes, on 1 November 2001, all previous editions of Annex 1. For information regarding the applicability of the Standards and Recommended Practices, see Foreword.

Ninth Edition July 2001

International Civil Aviation Organization

AMENDMENTS
The issue of amendments is announced regularly in the ICAO Journal and in the monthly Supplement to the Catalogue of ICAO Publications and Audio-visual Training Aids, which holders of this publication should consult. The space below is provided to keep a record of such amendments.

RECORD OF AMENDMENTS AND CORRIGENDA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 1. Definitions and General Rules Concerning Licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.2 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General rules concerning licences . . . . . . . . . . Licences and Ratings for Pilots . . . . . . (v) 3.3 3.4 Flight engineer licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flight radiotelephone operator . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1-1 1-1 1-3 2-1 2-1 2-3 2-3 2-5 2-7 2-10 2-12 2-13 2-16 2-18 2-19 2-20 2-22

CHAPTER 4. Licences and Ratings for Personnel other than Flight Crew Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 4.2 General rules concerning licences and ratings for personnel other than flight crew members. . Aircraft maintenance (technician/engineer/ mechanic). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air traffic controller licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air traffic controller ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flight operations officer/flight dispatcher licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aeronautical station operator licence . . . . . . . . Aeronautical meteorological personnel . . . . . .

4-1 4-1 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-5 4-6 4-7

CHAPTER 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13

General rules concerning pilot licences and ratings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private pilot licence Aeroplane. . . . . . . . . . Commercial pilot licence Aeroplane . . . . . Airline transport pilot licence Aeroplane . . Instrument rating Aeroplane . . . . . . . . . . . . Private pilot licence Helicopter . . . . . . . . . Commercial pilot licence Helicopter . . . . . Airline transport pilot licence Helicopter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instrument rating Helicopter . . . . . . . . . . . . Flight instructor rating appropriate to aeroplanes and helicopters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glider pilot licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free balloon pilot licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7

CHAPTER 5. Specifications for Personnel Licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 6. 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Medical Provisions for Licensing . . . . .

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Medical Assessments General . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Requirements for Medical Assessments . . . . . . 6-1 Class 1 Medical Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Class 2 Medical Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Class 3 Medical Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

CHAPTER 3. Licences for Flight Crew Members other than Licences for Pilots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 3.2 General rules concerning flight navigator and flight engineer licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flight navigator licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3-1 3-1 3-1

APPENDIX. Requirements for Proficiency in Languages Used for Radiotelephony Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APP-1 ATTACHMENT. ICAO Language Proficiency Rating Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATT-1

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