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(G) ARTICLE 21 ALLOWS A FOREIGN LICENCE TO BE RENDERED VALID FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ORDER. HOWEVER, ARTICLE 19(4) DOES NOT REFER TO LICENCES RENDERED VALID, AS FOR INSTANCE DOES ARTICLE 19(3), BUT SPECIFICALLY TO LICENCES ''GRANTED UNDER ARTICLE 20''.
LICENCES RENDERED VALID UNDER ARTICLE 21 ARE NOT LICENCES GRANTED UNDER ARTICLE 20. SO THERE IS NO HELP IN THIS DIRECTION.
(H) THE PROFESSIONAL PILOT RECRUITED BY A HONG KONG AIRLINE
MUST OBTAIN A HONG KONG PROFESSIONAL PILOT'S LICENCE. TO DO
THIS HE MUST PASS CERTAIN EXAMINATIONS AND FLYING TESTS
RENDERED BY A HONG KONG CAD AUTHORISED EXAMINER, I.E. ''TESTS
FOR THE GRANT OR RENEWAL OF A PILOT'S LICENCE OR FOR THE INCLUSION, RENEWAL OR EXTENSION OF A RATING THEREIN CART 19(4)). HOWEVER, THE PILOT WILL NOT HOLD AN APPROPRIATE LICENCE ISSUED 'UNDER ARTICLE 20' OF THE ORDER. THEREFORE HE CANNOT ACT AS PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CANNOT BE TRAINED
OR TESTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING A LICENCE OR RATING
WITHOUT BREAKING THE LAW.
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(I) AT PRESENT, TO CUT INTO THIS VICIOUS CIRCLE, DCA ISSUES THE APPLICANT WITH AN 'HONORARY PRIVATE PILOTS LICENCE WITH LIMITED PRIVILEGES AND A VALIDITY OF 60 DAYS. THIS IS LESS THAN
AN IDEAL SOLUTION AND THE SITUATION COULD BE REMEDIED BY AN
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 19(4) (II) (B) TQ REPLACE THE WORDS 'GRANTED
UNDER ARTICLE 20 OF THIS ORDER' WITH THE WORDS ''GRANTED OR RENDERED VALID UNDER THIS ORDER'
DCA COULD THEN VALIDATE
THE FOREIGN LICENCE AND THE TRAINING AND TESTING COULD TAKE
PLACE IN STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDER.
SEE MIFT.
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