Common use of Pilot Training Clause in Contracts

Pilot Training. The Seller will provide ground training and flight conversion training (type rating) according to the program set up by the Seller’s flight training department in France. The conversion training will be given to two (2) trainees per purchased helicopter. Buyer’s trainees will be already proficient multi engine helicopter pilots and fluent in English. This training will be provided for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operation when the pilots are already IFR qualified or for Single Pilot VFR operation when the pilots are not IFR qualified. The Single Pilot VFR type rating with Multi Pilot IFR extension training (TR3) for two (2) pilots is approximately four (4) weeks in duration including nineteen (19) hours on simulator (test included) and three (3) flight hours. Such practical training will be conducted by the Seller in Helisim Marignane or in any of its other EASA approved EC225 flight training devices (Aberdeen, UK for the first years of the contract execution). Place of practical training will be communicated by the Seller according to training means and instructors availability. According to National Civil Aviation Authorities requirements or simulators’ lack of availability, such training could be performed on the Buyer’s Helicopter. In these cases, flights are always conducted under the responsibility of one of the Seller’s pilots acting as chief pilot. During the training conversion, The Seller shall take charge of the 0 level maintenance options on the Helicopter.