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# FCL.140.H LAPL(H) – Recency requirements

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)

IR Implementing rule

## FCL.140.H LAPL(H) – Recency requirements

(a) Holders of an LAPL(H) shall exercise the privileges of their licence on a specific type only if in the last 12 months they have, in the relevant type, taken one of the following steps:

(1) completed both of the following:

(i) at least 6 hours of [flight time](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-time) on helicopters of that type as PIC, or flying dual or solo under the supervision of an instructor, including six take-offs, approaches and landings;

(ii) a refresher training of at least 1 hour of total flight time with and to the satisfaction of an instructor who shall select those flight exercises that allow the [applicant](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/applicant) to refresh their competence in safely operating the [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) and applying normal, abnormal and emergency procedures;

(2) passed a [proficiency check](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/proficiency-check) with an examiner on the specific type before resuming the exercise of the privileges of their licence. That proficiency check programme shall be based on the [skill test](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/skill-test) for the LAPL(H).

(b) Applicants may choose to complete the refresher training referred to in point (a)(1)(ii) in the aircraft or an FSTD representing the relevant type, or in a combination of both.

(c) The dual flights, flights under supervision referred to in point (a)(1)(i), the refresher training referred to in point (a)(1)(ii) and the proficiency check referred to in point (a)(2) shall be entered in the pilot’s logbook or equivalent record and shall be signed by the instructor or examiner, as applicable.

IR · FCL.140.H — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2076 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 FCL.140.H LAPL(H) — Recency requirements

SAFETY AWARENESS BRIEFING BEFORE REFRESHER TRAINING OR PROFICIENCY CHECKS

It is recommended that the pre-flight briefing before refresher training or a [proficiency check](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/proficiency-check) in accordance with point FCL.140.H with the pilot, the instructor or examiner, as applicable, includes elements to raise the pilot’s safety awareness with regard to safely flying helicopters, as outlined in GM1 FCL.740.H.

GM · GM1 FCL.140.H — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2025/002/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 FCL.140.H(a)(1)(ii) LAPL(H) — Recency requirements

CONTENT OF THE REFRESHER TRAINING

(a) Before the training takes place, the instructor should hold a briefing with the candidate. That briefing should include a discussion on all of the following:

(1) TEM with special emphasis on decision-making when encountering adverse meteorological conditions or unintentional IMC;

(2) navigation flight techniques;

(3) exercises as specified in point (b), as applicable.

(b) Training items should be based on the exercise items of the [proficiency check](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/proficiency-check), as deemed relevant by the instructor, and depending on the experience of the candidate. In any case, the training flight items should include the following exercises from the LAPL(H) flight training syllabus (AMC2 FCL.115):

(1) Exercise 15: Hover OGE — Vortex ring — unanticipated yaw (LTE);

(2) Exercise 18: Practice forced landings;

(3) Exercise 26: Confined areas.

AMC · AMC1 FCL.140.H(a)(1)(ii) — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2025/002/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 FCL.140.H(a)(2) LAPL(H) — Recency requirements

The [proficiency check](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/proficiency-check) should follow the content of the [skill test](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/skill-test) that is set out in AMC2 FCL.125, point (e).

AMC · AMC1 FCL.140.H(a)(2) — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2025/002/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

[All rules in SUBPART B – LIGHT AIRCRAFT PILOT LICENCE – LAPL](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-b)

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.