FCL.210.H PPL(H) – Experience requirements and crediting

(a)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, including at least:

(1)25 hours of dual flight instruction; and

(2)10 hours of supervised solo flight time, including at least 5 hours of solo cross-country flight time with at least 1 cross-country flight of at least 185 km (100 NM), with full stop landings at 2 aerodromes different from the aerodrome of departure.

(3)35 of the 45 hours of flight instruction have to be completed on the same type of helicopter as the one used for the skill test.

(b)Specific requirements for applicants that have undergone LAPL(H) training. Applicants for a PPL(H) shall receive credits for previous LAPL(H) training they have undergone and shall be issued with a PPL(H), provided that the LAPL(H) training and the PPL(H) training that they completed in total complies with the experience requirements in point (a).

(c)Applicants holding a pilot licence for another category of aircraft, with the exception of balloons, shall be credited with 10 % of their total flight time as PIC on such aircraft up to a maximum of 6 hours. The amount of credit given shall in any case not include the requirements in (a)(2).

[applicable until 29 April 2028 — Regulation (EU) 2024/2076]

(a)Applicants for a PPL(H) shall have completed at least 45 hours of flight instruction in helicopters and, to the extent and under the conditions specified in point (aa), in FSTDs. The flight instruction shall include at least all of the following:

(1)25 hours of dual flight instruction;

(2)10 hours of supervised solo flight time, including at least 5 hours of solo cross-country flight time with at least 1 cross-country flight of at least 185 km (100 NM), with full stop landings at 2 aerodromes different from the aerodrome of departure;

(3)35 hours of flight instruction in the type of helicopter that is to be used for the skill test.

(aa)Of the 25 hours of dual flight instruction specified in point (a)(1), applicants may complete one of the following in FSTDs:

(1)a maximum of 5 hours;

(2)a maximum of 10 hours, provided that they comply with all of the following:

(i)they complete at least 5 of those 10 hours in an FSTD that represents the type of helicopter that is to be used for the skill test;

(ii)they complete the training course at a training organisation that, with regard to the FSTD specified in point (i), has demonstrated to the competent authority that is responsible for the oversight of that training organisation the adequacy between the FSTD specifications and the PPL(H) training programme. The training organisation shall be any of the following:

(A)an ATO;

(B)a DTO, provided that the competent authority has authorised the use of that FSTD for PPL(H) training.

(b)Specific requirements for applicants that have undergone LAPL(H) training. Applicants for a PPL(H) shall receive credits for previous LAPL(H) training they have undergone and shall be issued with a PPL(H), provided that the LAPL(H) training and the PPL(H) training that they completed in total complies with the experience requirements in point (a).

(c)Applicants holding a pilot licence for another category of aircraft, with the exception of balloons, shall be credited with 10 % of their total flight time as PIC on such aircraft up to a maximum of 6 hours. The amount of credit given shall in any case not include the requirements in (a)(2).

[applicable from 30 April 2028 — Regulation (EU) 2026/781]