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Part FCL ANNEX I - Flight Crew Licencing

experience, may not be possible to comply with. In this case, to allow for the first
instruction courses to be given to applicants for licences or ratings for these aircraft,
competent authorities need the possibility to issue a specific certificate that does not have
to comply with the requirements established in this Subpart.
(b) The competent authority should only give these certificates to holders of other instruction
qualifications. As far as possible, preference should be given to persons with at least 100
hours of experience in similar types or classes of aircraft.
(c) When the new aircraft type introduced in an operator's fleet already existed in a Member
State, the competent authority should only give the specific certificate to an applicant that is
qualified as PIC on that aircraft.
(d) The certificate should ideally be limited in validity to the time needed to qualify the first
instructors for the new aircraft in accordance with this Subpart, but in any case it should
not exceed the 1 year established in the rule.
FCL.900(c)(1) GM1 Instructor certificates
The competent authority may issue an unrestricted flight instructor (FI) certificate (FI(A) for aeroplanes
or FI(H) for helicopters) to an applicant that has at least 100 hours of experience in flight instruction
and 25 hours in solo-flight supervision.
FCL.900(c); FCL.1000(c) GM1 Instruction or examination outside the territory of the Member States
Instruction or examination outside the territory of the Member States is possible within the scope of:
- ATOs that have their principal place of business outside the territory of the Member States;
or
- ATOs that have their principal place of business in a Member State and one or more
additional training sites outside the territory of the Member States.
FCL.905.CRI CRI - Privileges and conditions
(a) The privileges of a CRI are to instruct for:
(1) the issue, revalidation or renewal of a class or type rating for single-pilot aeroplanes,
except for single-pilot high performance complex aeroplanes, when the privileges
sought by the applicant are to fly in single-pilot operations;
(2) a towing or aerobatic rating for the aeroplane category, provided the CRI holds the
relevant rating and has demonstrated the ability to instruct for that rating to an FI
qualified in accordance with FCL.905.FI(i);
(3) extension of LAPL(A) privileges to another class or variant of aeroplane.
(b) The privileges of a CRI are restricted to the class or type of aeroplane in which the
instructor assessment of competence was taken. The privileges of the CRI shall be
extended to further classes or types when the CRI has completed, within the last 12
months:
(1) 15 hours flight time as PIC on aeroplanes of the applicable class or type of
aeroplane;
(2) one training flight from the right hand seat under the supervision of another CRI or FI
qualified for that class or type occupying the other pilot's seat.
(b) (a) The privileges of CRIs are to instruct for class and type ratings for single-pilot
aeroplanes, except for single-pilot high-performance complex aeroplanes, in multi-pilot
operations, provided that CRIs meet any of the following conditions:
(1) hold or have held a TRI certificate for multi-pilot aeroplanes;
(2) have at least 500 hours on aeroplanes in multi-pilot operations and completed an
MCCI training course in accordance with point FCL.930.MCCI.
(c) Applicants for a CRI for multi-engine aeroplanes holding a CRI certificate for single-engine
aeroplanes shall have fulfilled the prerequisites for a CRI established in FCL.915.CRI(a)
and the requirements of FCL.930.CRI(a)(3) and FCL.935.
FCL.905.FI FI - Privileges and conditions
The privileges of FIs are to conduct flight instruction for the issue, revalidation or renewal of:
(a) a PPL and LAPL in the appropriate aircraft category;
(b) class and type ratings for single-pilot aircraft, except for single-pilot high-performance
complex aeroplanes;
(c) class and type ratings for single-pilot aeroplanes, except for single-pilot high-performance
complex aeroplanes, in multi-pilot operations, provided that FIs meet any of the following
conditions:
(1) hold or have held a TRI certificate for multi-pilot aeroplanes;
(2) have completed all of the following:
(i) at least 500 hours as pilots in multi-pilot operations on aeroplanes;
(ii) the training course for an MCCI in accordance with point FCL.930.MCCI;
(d) type ratings for single or multi-pilot airships;
(e) a CPL in the appropriate aircraft category, provided that FIs have completed at least 200
hours of flight instruction in that aircraft category;
(f) the night rating, provided that FIs meet all of the following conditions:
(1) are qualified to fly at night in the appropriate aircraft category;
(2) have demonstrated the ability to instruct at night to an FI qualified in accordance with
point (j);
(3) comply with the night experience requirement laid down in point FCL.060(b)(2);
(g) a towing or aerobatic rating, provided that such privileges are held and the FI has
demonstrated the ability to instruct for that rating to an FI who is qualified in accordance
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