Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) An
individual who holds a Transit Pilot Commission, must at all times, and as a
condition to continued right to hold said Commission, possess the following
duly issued, current and valid licenses, endorsements or certificates:
(a) A US Coast Guard license as mate or
master of United States steam or motor vessels, of unlimited gross tons upon
oceans;
(b) STCW-1978 as amended in
1995 certificate issued by the US Coast Guard;
(c) Unlimited Federal First Class Pilot's
license issued by the US Coast Guard for routes and areas within the District
encompassed within the relevant Commission;
(d) Radar Observer (Unlimited) endorsement
issued by the US Coast Guard;
(e)
Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) Certificate of Training as approved by the
US Coast Guard;
(f) A certificate
of completion of a Bridge Resource Management for Pilots (BRM-P) course
approved by the American Pilots Association or specifically approved by the
Commissioner;
(g) Electronic Chart
Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) Certificate of Training; and (h)
Commissioned Transit Pilots who were commissioned prior to July 1, 2011 may not
possess all the above endorsements or certificates, are exempt from them except
that they will complete items in 995 CMR 4.14(1)(e) through (g) before
September 1, 2012.
(2)
An individual who holds a Warrant Pilot Commission or a Full Branch Pilot
Commission, must at all times, and as a condition to continued right to hold
said Commission, possess the following duly issued, current and valid licenses,
endorsements, documents or certificates:
(a)
Master of steam and motor vessels of unlimited gross tons upon oceans license
issued by the US Coast Guard;
(b)
STCW-1978 as amended in 1995 certificate issued by the US Coast
Guard;
(c) Unlimited Federal First
Class Pilot's license issued by the US Coast Guard for routes and areas within
the District encompassed within the relevant Commission;
(d) Radar Observer (Unlimited) endorsement
issued by the US Coast Guard;
(e) A
certificate of completion of a Bridge Resource Management for Pilots (BRM-P)
course approved by the American Pilots Association or specifically approved by
the Commissioner
(f) Automatic
Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) Certificate of Training as approved by the US Coast
Guard;
(g) Electronic Chart Display
and Information Systems (ECDIS) Certificate of Training; and (h) Shiphandling
Training or Refresher Certificate as approved by the US Coast Guard.
(3) In the event any such license,
endorsement, document or certificate of training becomes invalid or the holder
loses the right to hold such license, endorsement, document or certificate, the
holder shall forthwith inform the Commissioner and shall tender to the
Commissioner the holder's Commission, which the Commissioner shall retain until
the holder obtains all required licenses, endorsement, document or
certificate.
(4) The Commissioner,
in consultation with federal and state regulators, and senior Full Branch
Pilots, may impose new training standards that render Certificates of Training
for new or different programs and equipment.
