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# Appendix 8 Cross-crediting of the IR part of a class or type rating proficiency check or EBT practical assessment

ANNEX I (Part-FCL) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-aircrew) · [EUR-Lex 2011/1178 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32011R1178)

Appendix Appendix

## Appendix 8 Cross-crediting of the IR part of a class or type rating proficiency check or EBT practical assessment

A. Aeroplanes

Credits shall be granted only if holders are revalidating or renewing IR privileges for single-pilot single-engine and single-pilot multi-engine aeroplanes, as appropriate.

| If a [skill test](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/skill-test), [proficiency check](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/proficiency-check) or [EBT practical assessment](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/ebt-practical-assessment) including IR is performed, and holders have a valid: | [Credit](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/credit) is valid towards the IR part in proficiency check for:                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| MPA type rating; single-pilot high-performance [complex aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/complex-aeroplane) type rating                                                                                                                                                            | SE class rating (\*), and SE type rating (\*), and SP ME class or type rating except for high-performance complex type ratings, only credits for Section 3B of the proficiency check in point B.5 of Appendix 9 (\*) |
| SP ME [aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane) class or type rating except for highperformance complex aeroplane type ratings, operated as single-pilot                                                                                                                        | SE class rating, and SE type rating, and SP ME class or type rating except for high-performance complex aeroplane type ratings                                                                                       |
| SP ME aeroplane class or type rating except for highperformance complex aeroplane type ratings, restricted to MP operations                                                                                                                                                                       | SE class rating (\*) , and SE type rating (\*) , and SP ME class or type rating except for high-performance complex aeroplane type ratings (\*)                                                                      |
| SP SE aeroplane class or type rating                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | SE class rating, and SE type rating                                                                                                                                                                                  |

\* Provided that within the preceding 12 months the applicants have flown at least three IFR departures and approaches exercising PBN privileges, including at least one [RNP APCH](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/rnp-apch) approach on an SP class or type of aeroplane in SP operations, or, for multi-engine, other than HP complex aeroplanes, the applicants have passed Section 6 of the skill test for SP, other than HP complex aeroplanes [flown solely by reference to instruments](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flown-solely-by-reference-to-instruments) in SP operations.

B. Helicopters

Credits shall be granted only if holders are revalidating or renewing IR privileges for single-pilot helicopters, as appropriate.

| If a skill test or a proficiency check, including IR, is performed and the holders have a valid: | Credit is valid towards the IR part in a proficiency check for:                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Multi-pilot [helicopter](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helicopter) (MPH) type rating      | Single-pilot helicopter (SPH) of the same type, including privileges for single-pilot operations (\*¹) |
| Single-pilot helicopter (SPH) type rating, in multi-pilot operations                             | Privileges for single-pilot operations in the same type (\*¹)                                          |

\*¹ Provided that within the preceding 12 months at least three IFR departures and approaches exercising PBN privileges, including one RNP APCH approach (which may be a Point in Space (PinS) approach), have been performed on a SP type of helicopter in SP operations.

APPENDIX · Appendix 8 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2076 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

[All rules in Appendices to Annex I](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/appendices-to-annex-i)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 16 Oct 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.