| (1) | A person intending to be a user of a qualified FSTD shall apply to the Director, in writing, for an FSTD user certificate. |
| (2) | The Director shall take the following into consideration before issuing an FSTD user certificate— |
| (a) | a difference between the characteristics of an FSTD and the characteristics of a specific type or a specific make , model and series of an aircraft. |
| (b) | whether or not a user operates such an aircraft; |
| (c) | a proposed user's operating and training competencies; and |
| (d) | the validity and scope of a proposed user's ATO certificate. |
| (3) | The Director may, in addition, consider any other matter that affects the manner in which an FSTD operates or is used. |
| (4) | An FSTD user certificate issued in terms of subregulation (2)— |
| (a) | shall be issued in an appropriate form published on the website of the Authority; |
| (b) | may be issued subj ect to any condition specified therein; and |
| (c) | may be granted in terms of the Director FSTD Training or Testing credits as contained in Document SA-CATS 60. |
| (5) | An FSD user certificate shall be effective from the date of issue and be valid until an applicable FSTD qualification ceases to be in force in terms of regulation 60.01.6. |
| (6) | The Director may, by a written notice, vary, suspend, or cancel an FSD user certificate if the Director is of the opinion that compliance the provisions of subregulations (2) and (3) have changed. |
[Regulation 60.01.8 substituted by regulation 10 of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
