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# ORA.ATO.110 Personnel requirements

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

IR Implementing rule

## ORA.ATO.110 Personnel requirements

(a) An HT shall be nominated. The HT shall have extensive experience as an instructor in the areas relevant for the training provided by the ATO and shall possess sound managerial capability.

(b) The HT’s responsibilities shall include:

(1) ensuring that the training provided is in compliance with Annex I (Part-FCL), Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395, Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976, as applicable, and, in the case of flight test training, that the relevant requirements of Annex I (Part 21) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 and the training programme have been established;

(2) ensuring the satisfactory integration of flight training in an [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) or a [flight simulation training device (FSTD)](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-simulation-training-device) and theoretical knowledge instruction; and

(3) supervising the progress of individual students.

(c) Theoretical knowledge instructors shall have:

(1) practical background in aviation in the areas relevant for the training provided and have undergone a course of training in instructional techniques; or

(2) previous experience in giving theoretical knowledge instruction and an appropriate theoretical background in the subject on which they will provide theoretical knowledge instruction.

(d) Flight instructors and flight simulation training instructors shall hold the qualifications required by Annex I (Part-FCL), Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 and Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976 for the type of training they provide.

IR · ORA.ATO.110 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2020/359 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 ORA.ATO.110(b) Personnel requirements

HEAD OF TRAINING

The nominated head of training (HT) should have the overall responsibility to ensure that the training is in compliance with the appropriate requirements. In an ATO providing training courses for different [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) categories, the HT shall be assisted by one or more nominated deputy HT(s) for certain flight training courses.

AMC · AMC1 ORA.ATO.110(b) — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2012/007/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 ORA.ATO.110(c) Personnel requirements

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE INSTRUCTORS

Theoretical knowledge instructors should, before appointment, prove their [competency](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/competency) by giving a test lecture based on material they have developed for the subjects they are to teach.

AMC · AMC1 ORA.ATO.110(c) — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2012/007/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM1 ORA.ATO.110(d) Personnel requirements

(a) Before allowing an FI that is experienced as specified in point FCL.905.FI(h)(3) to supervise SPIC flights during an IR training course, the ATO should consider at least the following factors:

(1) the experience of the FI;

(2) the experience of the student pilot;

(3) the nature and complexity of the SPIC flight to be performed;

(4) the complexity and characteristics of the training [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft); and

(5) the prevailing weather conditions.

(b) The ATO should identify the hazards related to the SPIC supervision and apply appropriate mitigation measures to reduce the associated risks.

GM · GM1 ORA.ATO.110(d) — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2025/002/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

[All rules in SUBPART ATO – APPROVED TRAINING ORGANISATIONS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-ora/subpart-ato)

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.