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title: "FCL.735.H Multi-crew cooperation training course – helicopters — Part-FCL · Avioverse"
description: "The MCC training course shall comprise at least: for MCC/IR:"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-h/fcl-735-h"
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# FCL.735.H Multi-crew cooperation training course – helicopters

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.735.H Multi-crew cooperation training course – helicopters

(a) The MCC training course shall comprise at least:

(1) for MCC/IR:

(i) 25 hours of theoretical knowledge instruction and exercises; and

(ii) 20 hours of practical MCC training or 15 hours, in the case of student pilots attending an ATP(H)/IR integrated course. When the MCC training is combined with the initial type rating training for a multi-pilot [helicopter](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helicopter), the practical MCC training may be reduced to not less than 10 hours if the same FSTD is used for both MCC and type rating;

(2) for MCC/VFR:

(i) 25 hours of theoretical knowledge instruction and exercises; and

(ii) 15 hours of practical MCC training or 10 hours, in the case of student pilots attending an ATP(H)/IR integrated course. When the MCC training is combined with the initial type rating training for a multi-pilot helicopter, the practical MCC training may be reduced to not less than 7 hours if the same FSTD is used for both MCC and type rating.

(b) The MCC training course shall be completed within 6 months at an ATO.

An FNPT II or III qualified for MCC, an FTD 2/3 or an FFS shall be used.

(c) Unless the MCC course has been combined with a multi-pilot type rating course, on completion of the MCC training course the [applicant](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/applicant) shall be given a certificate of completion.

(d) An applicant having completed MCC training for any other [category of aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/category-of-aircraft) shall be exempted from the requirement in (a)(1)(i) or (a)(2)(i), as applicable.

(e) An applicant for MCC/IR training who has completed MCC/VFR training shall be exempted from the requirement in (a)(1)(i), and shall complete 5 hours of practical MCC/IR training.

IR · FCL.735.H — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · 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.