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title: "FCL.915.SFI SFI – Prerequisites — Part-FCL · Avioverse"
description: "An applicant for an SFI certificate shall: hold or have held a CPL, MPL or ATPL in the appropriate aircraft category;"
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# FCL.915.SFI SFI – Prerequisites

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

IR Implementing rule

## FCL.915.SFI SFI – Prerequisites

An [applicant](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/applicant) for an SFI certificate shall:

(a) hold or have held a CPL, MPL or ATPL in the appropriate [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) category;

(b) have completed the [proficiency check](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/proficiency-check) for the issue of the specific aircraft type rating in an FFS representing the applicable type, within the 12 months preceding the application; and

(c) additionally, for an SFI(A) for multi-pilot aeroplanes or SFI(PL), have:

(1) at least 1 500 hours [flight time](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-time) as a pilot on multi-pilot aeroplanes or powered-lift, as applicable;

(2) completed, as a pilot or as an observer, within the 12 months preceding the application, at least:

(i) 3 route sectors on the flight deck of the applicable aircraft type; or

(ii) 2 line-orientated flight training-based simulator sessions conducted by qualified flight crew on the flight deck of the applicable type. These simulator sessions shall include 2 flights of at least 2 hours each between 2 different aerodromes, and the associated pre-flight planning and de-briefing;

(d) additionally, for an SFI(A) for single-pilot high performance complex aeroplanes:

(1) have completed at least 500 hours of flight time as PIC on single-pilot aeroplanes;

(2) hold or have held a multi-engine IR(A) rating; and

(3) have met the requirements in (c)(2);

(e) additionally, for an SFI(H), have:

(1) completed, as a pilot or as an observer, at least 1 hour of flight time on the flight deck of the applicable type, within the 12 months preceding the application; and

(2) in the case of multi-pilot helicopters, at least 1 000 hours of flying experience as a pilot in helicopters, including at least 350 hours in multi-pilot operations in any aircraft category;

(3) in the case of single-pilot multi-engine helicopters, completed 500 hours as pilot of helicopters, including 100 hours as PIC on single-pilot multi-engine helicopters;

(4) in the case of single-pilot single-engine helicopters, completed 250 hours as a pilot on helicopters;

(5) in the case of single-pilot helicopters in multi-pilot operations, completed at least 350 hours in multi-pilot operations in any aircraft category.

IR · FCL.915.SFI — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2021/2227 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

[All rules in SUBPART J – INSTRUCTORS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-j)

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.