SUBPART C – PRIVATE PILOT LICENCE (PPL) AND GYROPLANE PILOT LICENCE (GPL)
ANNEX I (Part-FCL) · Aircrew · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · FCL.200 – FCL.240.G
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FCL.200 Minimum age
Applicants for a PPL shall be at least 17 years old. [applicable until 17 February 2026 - Regulation (EU) 2020/359] Applicants for a PPL or a GPL shall…
FCL.205 Conditions
Applicants for the issue of a PPL shall have fulfilled the requirements for the class or type rating for the aircraft used in the skill test, as…
FCL.210 Training course
Applicants for a PPL shall complete a training course at an ATO or a DTO.
AMC1 FCL.210 PPL(A) Training course
AMC2 FCL.210 PPL(H) – Training course
AMC1 FCL.210(c) Training course
AMC1 FCL.210 ; FCL.215 Training course and theoretical knowledge examination
AMC4 FCL.210; FCL.215 Training course and theoretical knowledge examination
FCL.215 Theoretical knowledge examination
Applicants for a PPL shall demonstrate a level of theoretical knowledge appropriate to the privileges granted through examinations in the following…
FCL.235 Skill test
Through the completion of a skill test, applicants for a PPL shall demonstrate the ability to perform as PIC on the appropriate aircraft category the…
AMC1 FCL.125 ; FCL.235
CONTENTS OF THE SKILL TEST FOR THE ISSUE OF A LAPL(S) AND OF AN SPL (a) An applicant should be responsible for the flight planning and should ensure that…
AMC2 FCL.125 ; FCL.235
CONTENTS OF THE SKILL TEST FOR THE ISSUE OF A LAPL(B) AND A BPL (a) The take-off site should be chosen by the applicant depending on the actual…
FCL.205.A PPL(A) – Privileges
The privileges of the holders of a PPL(A) are to act without remuneration as PIC or co-pilots of aeroplanes or TMGs engaged in non-commercial operations…
GM1 FCL.205.A(a) ; FCL.205.H(a); FCL.305(a)(1); FCL.505(a)(1) Privileges and conditions
FCL.210.A PPL(A) – Experience requirements and crediting
Applicants for a PPL(A) shall have completed at least 45 hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes or TMGs, of which 5 hours may have been completed in…
AMC1 FCL.210.A(b) PPL(A) — Experience requirements and crediting
AMC1 FCL.210.A s PPL(As) – Experience requirements and crediting
FCL.205.H PPL(H) – Privileges
The privileges of the holder of a PPL(H) are to act without remuneration as PIC or co-pilot of helicopters engaged in non-commercial operations and to…
FCL.210.H PPL(H) – Experience requirements and crediting
Applicants for a PPL(H) shall have completed at least 45 hours of flight instruction on helicopters, of which 5 hours may have been completed in an FSTD…
AMC1 FCL.210.H(b) PPL(H) — Experience requirements and crediting
FCL.205.As PPL(As) – Privileges
The privileges of the holder of a PPL(As) are to act without remuneration as PIC or co-pilot on airships engaged in non-commercial operations.
FCL.210.As PPL(As) – Experience requirements and crediting
Applicants for a PPL(As) shall have completed at least 35 hours of flight instruction in airships, 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD…
FCL.205.G GPL – Privileges
The privileges of the holder of a GPL are to act as PIC in gyroplanes:
FCL.210.G GPL – Experience requirements and crediting
An applicant for a GPL shall have completed at least 35 hours of flight instruction in gyroplanes, 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD…
AMC1 FCL.210.G(c) GPL – Experience requirements and crediting
FCL.235.G GPL – Privileges for classes, types and variants of gyroplanes
For the purpose of gyroplane pilot licensing in accordance with this Annex, gyroplanes shall be categorised into the following class and types:
GM1 FCL.235.G GPL – Privileges for classes, types and variants of gyroplanes
AMC1 FCL.235.G(c) GPL – Privileges for classes, types and variants of gyroplanes
FCL.240.G GPL – Recency requirements
Holders of a GPL shall exercise the privileges of their licence in a specific class or type of gyroplane only if in the last 2 years they have met any of…
AMC1 FCL.240.G(a)(1)(ii) AMC1 FCL.240.(a)(1)(ii) Recency requirements
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