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# FCL.720.PL Experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of type ratings – powered-lift aircraft

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.720.PL Experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of type ratings – powered-lift aircraft

Unless otherwise determined in the operational suitability data established in accordance with Part-21, an [applicant](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/applicant) for the first issue of a powered-lift type rating shall comply with the following experience requirements and prerequisites:

(a) for pilots of aeroplanes:

(1) hold a CPL/IR(A) with ATPL theoretical knowledge or an ATPL(A);

(2) hold a certificate of completion of an MCC course;

(3) have completed more than 100 hours as pilot on multi-pilot aeroplanes;

(4) have completed 40 hours of flight instruction in helicopters;

(b) for pilots of helicopters:

(1) hold a CPL/IR(H) with ATPL theoretical knowledge or an ATPL/IR(H);

(2) hold a certificate of completion of an MCC course;

(3) have completed more than 100 hours as a pilot on multi-pilot helicopters;

(4) have completed 40 hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes;

(c) for pilots qualified to fly both aeroplanes and helicopters:

(1) hold at least a CPL(H);

(2) hold an IR and ATPL theoretical knowledge or an ATPL in either aeroplanes or helicopters;

(3) hold a certificate of completion of an MCC course in either helicopters or aeroplanes;

(4) have completed at least 100 hours as a pilot on multi-pilot helicopters or aeroplanes;

(5) have completed 40 hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes or helicopters, as applicable, if the pilot has no experience as ATPL or on [multi-pilot aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/multi-pilot-aircraft).

IR · FCL.720.PL — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 FCL.720.PL Experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of type ratings – powered-lift aircraft

The endorsement of a powered-lift type rating to an [aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane) or [helicopter](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helicopter) licence does not confer upon its holder the privileges to fly helicopters or aeroplanes, respectively.

GM · GM1 FCL.720.PL — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2011/016/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

[All rules in SUBPART H – CLASS AND TYPE RATINGS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-h)

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.