California Code of Regulations
Title 7 - Harbors and Navigation
Division 2 - State Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun
Article 3 - Officers, Committees, Employees
Section 209 - Pilot Evaluation Committee

(a) The Board shall establish a Pilot Evaluation Committee consisting of five active pilots each of whom have at least ten years' experience as a pilot on the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun. The Board shall select the members of the Pilot Evaluation Committee. A member of the Pilot Evaluation Committee shall not serve more than two four-year terms.

(b) The Pilot Evaluation Committee shall meet on such dates and at such times and places as it considers necessary to carry out its functions. The committee, through its chair, shall report on the committee's activities at each regular meeting of the Board.

(c) The Pilot Evaluation Committee shall conduct and supervise the pilot trainee training program of the Board in accordance with the directions and regulations of the Board and the Code.

(d) The Pilot Evaluation Committee shall at least quarterly review and evaluate each pilot trainee's progress in the training program and shall prepare and maintain a written report of that evaluation. The committee may examine a pilot trainee orally, in writing, or both at the times and in the manner prescribed by the committee.

(e) If a pilot trainee is placed on probation as a result of inadequate performance, the Pilot Evaluation Committee shall review and document the trainee's progress monthly during the probation period and shall inform the trainee of the results in writing. Evaluation during probation shall be designed by the Pilot Evaluation Committee to determine whether the trainee's level of performance is sufficient to warrant the conclusion that: