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title: "FCL.405.A MPL – Privileges — Part-FCL · Avioverse"
description: "The privileges of the holder of an MPL are to act as co-pilot in an aeroplane required to be operated with a co-pilot."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-e/fcl-405-a"
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# FCL.405.A MPL – Privileges

ANNEX I (Part-FCL) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

IR Implementing rule

## FCL.405.A MPL – Privileges

(a) The privileges of the holder of an MPL are to act as [co-pilot](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/co-pilot) in an [aeroplane required to be operated with a co-pilot](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane-required-to-be-operated-with-a-co-pilot).

(b) Holders of an MPL shall, upon application:

(1) be issued with additional privileges of the holder of a PPL(A), provided that they comply with the requirements for the PPL(A) specified in Subpart C;

(2) have their MPL replaced by a CPL(A), provided that they comply with the requirements specified in point FCL.325.A.

(c) The holder of an MPL shall have the privileges of his/her IR(A) limited to aeroplanes required to be operated with a co-pilot. The privileges of the IR(A) may be extended to single-pilot operations in aeroplanes, provided that the licence holder has completed the training necessary to act as PIC in single-pilot operations exercised solely by reference to instruments and passed the [skill test](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/skill-test) of the IR(A) as a single-pilot.

IR · FCL.405.A — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2076 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

[All rules in SUBPART E – MULTI-CREW PILOT LICENCE – MPL](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-e)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 25 Nov 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.