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title: "AMC1 FCL.240 (a)(1)(ii) Recency requirements — Part-FCL · Avioverse"
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# AMC1 FCL.240 (a)(1)(ii) 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)

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 FCL.240 (a)(1)(ii) Recency requirements

(a) Before the training flight takes place, the instructor should brief the candidate. The briefing should include a discussion on the following:

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

(2) navigation flight techniques;

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

(b) The training flight 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 depend on the experience of the candidate. In any case, the training flight items should include exercises related to forced landing.

AMC · AMC1 FCL.240 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2025/022/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

[All rules in SUBPART C – PRIVATE PILOT LICENCE (PPL) AND GYROPLANE PILOT LICENCE (GPL)](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-c)

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.