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Part FCL Annex I - Flight Crew Licencing

issue an instructor certificate to applicants who:
(i) holds a pilot licence that meets all of the following criteria:
(A) it complies with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention;
(B) in any case, it is at least a CPL in the relevant aircraft category with a
relevant rating or certificate;
(ii) complies with the requirements established in this Subpart for the issue of the
relevant instructor certificate;
(iii) demonstrates to the CAA an adequate level of knowledge of United Kingdom
aviation safety rules to be able to exercise instructional privileges in
accordance with this Annex.
(2) The certificate shall be limited to providing flight instruction during a training course
approved in accordance with this Annex which meets all of the following conditions:
(i) it is provided outside the territory for which the United Kingdom are responsible
under the Chicago Convention;
(ii) it is provided to student pilots who have sufficient knowledge of the language in
which flight instruction is provided.
FCL.900 GM1 Instructor certificates
GENERAL
(a) Nine instructor categories are recognised:
(1) FI certificate: aeroplane (FI(A)), helicopter (FI(H)), airship (FI(As)), sailplane (FI(S))
and balloon (FI(B));
(2) TRI certificate: aeroplane (TRI(A)), helicopter (TRI(H)), powered-lift aircraft (TRI(PL));
(3) CRI certificate: aeroplane (CRI(A));
(4) IRI certificate: aeroplane (IRI(A)), helicopter (IRI(H)) and airship (IRI(As));
(5) SFI certificate: aeroplane (SFI(A)), helicopter (SFI(H)) and powered-lift aircraft
(SFI(PL));
(6) MCCI certificate: aeroplanes (MCCI(A)), helicopters (MCCI(H)), powered-lift
aircraft(MCCI(PL)) and airships (MCCI(As));
(7) STI certificate: aeroplane (STI(A)) and helicopter (STI(H));
(8) MI certificate: (MI);
(9) FTI certificate: (FTI).
(b) For categories (1) to (4) and for (8) and (9) the applicant needs to hold a pilot licence. For
categories (5) to (7) no licence is needed, only an instructor certificate.
(c) A person may hold more than one instructor certificate.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
(a) When new aircraft are introduced, requirements such as to hold a licence and rating
equivalent to the one for which instruction is being given, or to have adequate flight
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
INSTRUCTION OUTSIDE THE TERRITORY OF THE MEMBER STATES
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.
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