Ethiopia - Obtain Flight Engineer License

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To obtain a Flight Engineer License the applicant gas to approach civil aviation authority in Ethiopia contact link
2. Application form will provide by the authority officer.
3. Applicant has to fill-in all the necessary details in the application form.
4. Applicant must make sure to carry documents that are listed under “Required Documents” section of this page (Both photocopies and originals).
5. The receiving officers will check for discrepancies or ineligibility in the application documents. If a discrepancy that cannot be immediately corrected exists in any of the documents, the application and all the submitted documents will be returned to the applicant and should not be re-submitted until the discrepancy has been rectified corrected.
6. If the receiving officers is satisfied that all the requirements have been met for the issue of a licence and the prescribed application form has been completed and presented in the Personnel Licensing (PEL) Office, the applicant will be advised to pay the prescribed application fees, after which the licence will be issued.
7. You are also to proceed to pay the prescribed application fees and submit the payment receipt to together with the application documents
8. A processing time of 7 days is needed to complete the processing of the Flight Engineer License application, after which you will be contacted through a phone call to collect your renewed license at the ECAA’s Personnel Licensing offices.
9. The applicant required to carry your identification documents when collecting your new license.
   

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Required Documents

The following forms should be duly filled and signed;

• A properly completed General Application Form
• Aeronautical experience form
• Summary of flying hours form
• A knowledge test results slip
• Two (2) current passport size photographs (full face) whose size should be 2cm by 2.5cm
• Records substantiating the experience shown on the application Form in form of a logbook
• Payment receipt of the prescribed fees
  

Office Locations & Contacts

Ethiopia Civil Aviation Authority
P.O.BOX: 978, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Tel: +251-11-665-0252
Fax: +251-11-665-0269
Email: [email protected]
Contact details link

Eligibility

• Be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Possess a valid Class 1 Medical Certificate
• Have passed a knowledge test whose results validity shall be eighteen (18) months after passing the examination.
• Obtain and log the flight time used to satisfy the aeronautical experience requirements on an aeroplane with a type rating on which a flight engineer is required.
• An applicant for a flight engineer license with a type rating shall pass a practical test on the duties of a flight engineer in the type of aircraft for which a rating is sought or an approved synthetic flight trainer replicating such an aircraft
• An applicant for an additional aircraft class, category or type rating flight engineer license, shall—
  • Pass the knowledge test and practical test that is appropriate to the class category or type of aircraft for which an additional rating is sought; and
  • Satisfactorily complete an approved flight engineer training program that is appropriate to the additional class rating sought.
• Pass the English Language Proficiency exam and attain either of
  • Operational Level (Level 4); Valid for 3 years
  • Extended Level (Level 5); Valid for 6 years
  • Expert Level (Level 6); Valid for Life
    

Fees

Fee for the procedure has to be paid as per the authority request.

Validity

The Flight Engineers’ License validity depends on the medical certificate held by the engineer this may be a 6, 12 or 24 period.

Documents to Use

The application form for issue of a Flight Engineer Licence may be obtained from the Authority’s Personnel licensing (PEL) offices.

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Processing Time

Processing time for this procedure is within 7 days.

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Instructions

The applicant should –

• Take and successfully completed approved course of training
• Obtain Application form from PEL Offices and complete the prescribed application form,
• Submit all the required documents.
• Pay the applicable fees and submit the payment receipt.
• Wait for the processing period to elapse then collect your new Flight engineer license.
  

Required Information

• Full names
• Postal and physical address
• Date and place of birth
• Nationality
• Gender
• Name of Approved Training Organisation where you got instructed
• Particulars of licences already held (Place and Date of Issue, Type of Licence, Number and Expiry Date)
• Whether yet examined for and obtained a medical certificate in accordance with the Civil Aviation Regulations
• Whether you are able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language in accordance with the English language proficiency requirements of the Civil Aviation Regulations.
• Whether you have met all the requirements for the issuance of this licence
• Declaration
• Signature of Applicant
• Date of Application
  

Need for the Document

• Person shall not act as a flight engineer of an aircraft registered in Ethiopia unless that person holds a flight engineer license with appropriate ratings.
• Flight engineers assist aircraft pilots and engineering maintenance staff by operating aircraft instruments and systems.
  

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