Pilot competency checks
165.—(1)  Where a person is being assessed for the person’s competency as a pilot, an AOC holder must ensure that the competency assessment programme established under regulation 156 includes —
(a)an Operator Proficiency Check;
(b)an Operator Line Check;
(c)a Safety and Emergency Procedures Check;
(d)an assessment of route and aerodrome competence, as specified in regulation 160; and
(e)such additional right hand seat or left hand seat checking as may be required.
(2)  An AOC holder must appoint a sufficient number of check pilots to conduct the competency assessments listed under paragraph (1).
(3)  A check pilot appointed in accordance with paragraph (2) must be qualified, in accordance with regulation 162 or through an arrangement with the Director‑General of Civil Aviation, to conduct the competency assessments.
(4)  An AOC holder must ensure that, before a person is assigned duty as a pilot for a flight of a relevant aircraft, the person has completed and passed the competency checks required under paragraph (1) in the role and in the aircraft type that the person is to be assigned.