Can you exercise the privileges of your licence?
Essential for all pilots
- Medical certificate—Do you have a valid medical certificate appropriate to your flight? Can you comply with all the conditions of its issue?
- Flight review—Do you have a valid flight review applicable to your flight?
Note: A flight review of your aircraft class rating will not satisfy the flight review requirements for your night VFR rating, low level rating, private instrument rating. - General competence—Are you satisfied you can apply the normal and non-normal operating procedures, and are able to navigate and operate the aircraft systems within the general competency requirements of CASR 61.385?
- Recency—Do you have the required and relevant recent experience to undertake your flight? See below
Day VFR
- No recency requirements apply, however, general competency requirements do apply.
Night VFR
- One night take-off and landing within six months or
- Has been assessed as competent by a NVFR-endorsed flight instructor
To carry passengers by day only
- At least three take-offs and landings in the past 90 days in an aircraft of the same category as the proposed flight, or in an approved simulator, by day or night or
- Has passed a flight test, review or check with at least one take-off and landing by day or night
To carry passengers by night only
- At least three take-offs and landings in the past 90 days in an aircraft of the same category as the proposed flight, or an approved simulator, by night only; or
- Has passed a flight test, review or check with at least one take-off and landing by night
Pilot flight check
Restart Pilot Flight CheckDo not operate aircraft as a pilot
Complete before flying in command
Obtain before flight planning
Obtain weather forecast and NOTAMs
Briefing 1800 805 150
Helpdesk 1800 801 960
Then5 Flight plan? Go to Pre-flight information
Choose suitable route and complete calculations
Appropriate height
Avoiding Controlled Airspace
Flight fuel
Last light
Weight and balance calculations
Take-off and landing performance
Safety equipment
6 SARTIME flight or CTA Go to Sartime flight or CTA
If in Class G submit SARTIME; or
If in CTA/CTR submit domestic/ICAO notification
Leave flight note with a responsible person
Then7 Checked aircraft and personal documents? Go to Checked aircraft and personal documents
Pilot’s licence
Medical
Aircraft flight manual
Aircraft maintenance release
8 Planned for contingencies? Alternate due to weather Radio communications requirements
Deteriorating weather
Radio failure
Diversions
Arrival procedures (for example 'Clearance not available, remain outside Class C/D airspace')
9 Aircraft pre-flight inspection? Pre take-off Pre-flight
Daily inspection or pre-flight inspection as per aircraft system of maintenance or flight manual.
Maintenance release checked for validity and maintenance required
Fuel: check for correct grade, quantity, and contamination