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title: "FCL.325.A CPL(A) – Specific requirements for applicants who hold an MPL — Part-FCL · Avioverse"
description: "Applicants for a CPL(A) who hold an MPL shall have completed in aeroplanes:"
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# FCL.325.A CPL(A) – Specific requirements for applicants who hold an MPL

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.325.A CPL(A) – Specific requirements for applicants who hold an MPL

(a) Applicants for a CPL(A) who hold an MPL shall have completed in aeroplanes:

(1) 70 hours of [flight time](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-time) in one of the following ways:

(i) as PIC;

(ii) made up of at least 10 hours as PIC and the additional flight time as PIC under supervision (PICUS).

Of those 70 hours, 20 hours shall be of VFR [cross-country](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/cross-country) flight time as PIC, or cross-country flight time made up of at least 10 hours as PIC and 10 hours as PICUS. That shall include a VFR cross-country flight of at least 540 km (300 NM) in the course of which full-stop landings at two different aerodromes shall be flown as PIC;

(2) the elements of the CPL(A) modular course as specified in Chapter E, point 10(a) and point 11, of Appendix 3;

(3) the CPL(A) [skill test](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/skill-test), in accordance with point FCL.320.

(b) When being issued with a CPL in accordance with point (a), applicants shall be subject to the following conditions:

(1) comply with the requirements of point FCL.405.A(c) in order to have the privileges of their IR(A) extended to single-pilot operations in aeroplanes;

(2) have the privileges of their type ratings restricted to exercise the privileges of a [co-pilot](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/co-pilot) only. That restriction shall be removed when applicants complete a [proficiency check](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/proficiency-check) for the relevant type in accordance with Appendix 9 in the role of the PIC.

IR · FCL.325.A — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2076 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

[All rules in SUBPART D – COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENCE – CPL](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-d)

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.