SFCL.145 SPL – Practical skill test

(a)  Applicants for an SPL shall demonstrate through the completion of a skill test the ability to perform, as PIC on sailplanes, the relevant procedures and manoeuvres with competency appropriate to the privileges sought.

(b)  Applicants shall complete the skill test in a sailplane, excluding TMGs, or a TMG, depending on the privileges sought and provided that the training course in accordance with point SFCL.130 included the necessary training elements for the relevant aircraft. An applicant who has completed a training course, including the necessary training elements for both sailplanes and TMGs, may complete 2 skill tests, 1 in a sailplane, excluding TMGs, and 1 in a TMG, in order to obtain privileges for both aircraft.

(c)  To take a skill test for the issue of an SPL the applicant shall first pass the required theoretical knowledge examinations.

(d)  Pass standards

(1)  The skill test shall be divided into different sections, representing all the different phases of a sailplane flight.

(2)  Failure in any item of a section shall cause the applicant to fail the entire section. If the applicant fails in only one section, he or she shall repeat only that section. Failure in more than one section shall require the applicant to retake the entire test.

(3)  If the applicant needs to retake the test in accordance with paragraph (2) and fails in any section, including those sections that have been passed at a previous attempt, the applicant shall retake the entire test.

(e)  If the applicant fails to achieve a pass in all sections of the test within two attempts he or she shall receive further practical training.