Part-FCL / AMC / GM

562 Pages·2011·2.05 MB·English

Annex to ED Decision 2011/016/R

European Aviation Safety Agency

Acceptable Means of Compliance
and
1
Guidance Material to Part-FCL

Initial issue
15 December 2011

1 Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Commission Regulation
(EU) No 1178/2011 of 3 November 2011 laying down technical requirements and
administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation
(EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUBPART A — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 7
GM1 FCL.005 Scope 7
GM1 FCL.010 Definitions 8
AMC1 FCL.015 Application and issue of licences, ratings and certificates 14
AMC1 FCL.025 Theoretical knowledge examinations for the issue of licences 15
AMC1 FCL.050 Recording of flight time 16
AMC1 FCL.055 Language proficiency 26
AMC2 FCL.055 Language proficiency 30
AMC3 FCL.055 Language proficiency 35
AMC1 FCL.060(b)(1) Recent experience 36
GM1 FCL.060(b)(1) Recent experience 37
AMC1 FCL.060(b)(5) Recent experience 38

SUBPART B — LIGHT AIRCRAFT PILOT LICENCE — LAPL 39
AMC1 FCL.115; FCL.120 39
AMC1 FCL.120; FCL.125 43
AMC1 FCL.125 LAPL — Skill test 44
AMC2 FCL.125 LAPL — Skill test 48
AMC1 FCL.125; FCL.235 51
AMC2 FCL.125; FCL.235 54
AMC1 FCL.110.A LAPL(A) — Experience requirements and crediting 58
AMC2 FCL.110.A LAPL(A) — Experience requirements and crediting 66
GM1 FCL.135.A; FCL.135.H 67
AMC1 FCL.110.H LAPL(H) — Experience requirements and crediting 68
AMC2 FCL.110.H LAPL(H) — Experience requirements and crediting 79
AMC1 FCL.110.S LAPL(S) — Experience requirements and crediting 80
AMC1 FCL.110.S; FCL.210.S 81
AMC1 FCL.135.S; FCL.205.S(a) 88
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AMC1 FCL.110.B LAPL(B) — Experience requirements and crediting 96
AMC1 FCL.110.B; FCL.210.B 97
AMC1 FCL.130.B; FCL.220.B 106
AMC1 FCL.135.B; FCL.225.B 107
AMC2 FCL.135.B; FCL.225.B 108
AMC3 FCL.135.B; FCL.225.B 112

SUBPART C — PRIVATE PILOT LICENCE (PPL), SAILPLANE PILOT LICENCE (SPL)
AND BALLOON PILOT LICENCE (BPL) 115
AMC1 FCL.210; FCL.215 115
AMC2 FCL.210; FCL.215 160
AMC3 FCL.210; FCL.215 164
AMC1 FCL.215; FCL.235 165
AMC1 FCL.235 Skill test 166
AMC2 FCL.235 Skill test 171
AMC3 FCL.235 Skill test 175
AMC1 FCL.210.A PPL(A) — Experience requirements and crediting 178
AMC1 FCL.210.H PPL(H) — Experience requirements and crediting 187
AMC1 FCL.210.As PPL(As) — Experience requirements and crediting 200
AMC1 FCL.205.S(b) SPL — Privileges and conditions 207
AMC1 FCL.205.B(b) BPL — Privileges and conditions 209
AMC1 FCL.225.B BPL — Extension of privileges to another balloon class or group 213

SUBPART D — COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENCE — CPL 214
AMC1 FCL.310; FCL.515 (b); FCL.615 (b) 214

SUBPART F — AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT LICENCE — ATPL 224
AMC1 FCL.510.A (b)(1) ATPL(A) — Prerequisites, experience and crediting 224
AMC1 FCL.520.A; FCL.520.H 225

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SUBPART G — INSTRUMENT RATING — IR 226
AMC1 FCL.625(c) IR — Validity, revalidation and renewal 226

SUBPART H — CLASS AND TYPE RATINGS 227
GM1 FCL.700 Circumstances in which class or type ratings are required 227
GM1 FCL.710 Class and type ratings — variants 229
AMC1 FCL.725(a) Requirements for the issue of class and type ratings 230
AMC2 FCL.725(a) Requirements for the issue of class and type ratings 245
AMC1 FCL.740(b)(1) Validity and renewal of class and type ratings 247
AMC1 FCL.720.A(b)(2)(i) Experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of class
or type ratings — aeroplanes 248
AMC1 FCL.725.A(b) Theoretical knowledge and flight instruction for the issue of class and
type ratings — aeroplanes 250
AMC1 FCL.735.A; FCL.735.H; FCL.735.As 253
AMC1 FCL.740.H(a)(3) Revalidation of type ratings — helicopters 261
GM1 FCL.720.PL Experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of type ratings
— powered-lift aircraft 262

SUBPART I — ADDITIONAL RATINGS 263
AMC1 FCL.800 Aerobatic rating 263
AMC1 FCL.805 Sailplane towing and banner towing rating 265
AMC1 FCL.810(b) Night rating 267
AMC1 FCL.815 Mountain rating 269
AMC2 FCL.815 Mountain rating 272
AMC1 FCL.820 Flight test rating 273

SUBPART J — INSTRUCTORS 281
GM1 FCL.900 Instructor certificates 281
AMC1 FCL.920 Instructor competencies and assessment 282
AMC1 FCL.925 Additional requirements for instructors for the MPL 284
AMC2 FCL.925(d)(1) Additional requirements for instructors for the MPL 286
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GM1 FCL.925 Additional requirements for instructors for the MPL 287
AMC1 FCL.935 Assessment of competence 288
AMC2 FCL.935 Assessment of competence 289
AMC3 FCL.935 Assessment of competence 290
AMC4 FCL.935 Assessment of competence 293
AMC5 FCL.935 Assessment of competence 294
AMC1 FCL.930.FI FI — Training course 300
AMC2 FCL.930.FI FI — Training course 356
AMC1 FCL.940.FI(a)(2) FI — Revalidation and renewal 391
GM1 FCL.940.FI(a)(2) FI — Revalidation and renewal 392
AMC1 FCL.930.TRI TRI — Training course 399
AMC2 FCL.930.TRI TRI — training course 409
AMC1 FCL.930.CRI CRI — Training course 414
AMC1 FCL.940.CRI CRI — Revalidation and renewal 441
AMC1 FCL.930.IRI IRI — Training course 442
AMC1 FCL.930.MCCI MCCI — Training course 478

SUBPART K — EXAMINERS 481
GM1 FCL.1000 Examiner certificates 481
GM1 FCL.1005(b) Limitation of privileges in case of vested interests 482
AMC1 FCL.1010 Prerequisites for examiners 483
AMC1 FCL.1015 Examiner standardisation 484
AMC2 FCL.1015 Examiner standardisation 486
GM1 FCL.1015 Examiner standardisation 490
AMC1 FCL.1020 Examiners assessment of competence 491
AMC1 FCL.1020; FCL.1025 494
AMC1 FCL.1025 Validity, revalidation and renewal of examiner certificates 495
AMC1 FCL.1030 (b)(3) Conduct of skill tests, proficiency checks and assessments of
competence 496

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APPENDICES 497
AMC1 to Appendix 3 Training courses for the issue of a CPL and an ATPL 497
GM1 to Appendix 3; Appendix 6; FCL.735.H 524
GM1 to Appendix 5 Integrated MPL training course 527
AMC1 to Appendix 6 Modular training course for the IR 549
AMC2 to Appendix 6 Modular training course for the IR 550
AMC3 to Appendix 6 Modular training course for the IR 554
GM1 to Appendix 7 IR skill test 558
AMC1 to Appendix 7 IR skill test 559
AMC1 to Appendix 9 Training, skill test and proficiency check for MPL, ATPL, type and
class ratings, and proficiency check for IRs 560
AMC2 to Appendix 9 Training, skill test and proficiency check for MPL, ATPL, type and
class ratings, and proficiency check for IRs 562

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SUBPART A — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
GM1 FCL.005 Scope

INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

(a) Whenever licences, ratings, approvals or certificates are mentioned in
Part-FCL, these are meant to be valid licences, ratings, approvals or
certificates issued in accordance with Part-FCL. In all other cases, these
documents are specified.
(b) Whenever a reference is made to Member States to mutual recognition of
licences, ratings, approvals or certificates, this means a European Union
Member State and states associated to the Agency in accordance with
Article 55 of the Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 20 February 2008.
(c) Whenever ‘or’ is used as an inclusive ‘or’, it should be understood in the
sense of ‘and/or’.

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GM1 FCL.010 Definitions

ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations apply to the Acceptable Means of Compliance and
Guidance Material to Part-FCL:

A Aeroplane
AC Alternating Current
ACAS Airborne Collision Avoidance System
ADF Automatic Direction Finding
ADS Aeronautical Design Standard
AFCS Automatic Flight Control System
AFM Aircraft Flight Manual
AGL Above Ground Level
AIC Aeronautical Information Circular
AIP Aeronautical Information Publication
AIRAC Aeronautical Information regulation and control
AIS Aeronautical Information Services
AMC Acceptable Means of Compliance
AeMC Aero-medical Centre
AME Aero-medical Examiner
AOM Aircraft Operating Manual
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
As Airship
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATIS Automatic Terminal Information Service
ATO Approved Training Organisation
ATP Airline Transport Pilot
ATPL Airline Transport Pilot Licence
ATS Air Traffic Service
AUM All Up Mass

B Balloon
BCAR British Civil Airworthiness Requirement
BEM Basic Empty Mass
BITD Basic Instrument Training Device
BPL Balloon Pilot Licence

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CAS Calibrated Air Speed
CAT Clear Air Turbulence
CDI Course Deviation Indicator
CFI Chief Flying Instructor
CG Centre of Gravity
CGI Chief Ground Instructor
CP Co-pilot
CPL Commercial Pilot Licence
CRE Class Rating Examiner
CRI Class Rating Instructor
CRM Crew Resource Management
CS Certification Specification
CQB Central Question Bank

DC Direct Current
DF Direction Finding
DME Distance Measuring Equipment
DPATO Defined Point After Take-off
DPBL Defined Point Before Landing
DR Dead Reckoning navigation

EFIS Electronic Flight Instrument System
EOL Engine Off Landings
ERPM Engine Revolution Per Minute
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
ETOPS Extended-range Twin-engine Operation Performance Standard

FAF Final Approach Fix
FAR Federal Aviation Regulations
FCL Flight Crew Licensing
FE Flight Examiner
F/E Flight Engineer
FEM Flight Examiner Manual
FFS Full Flight Simulator
FI Flight Instructor
FIE Flight Instructor Examiner
FIS Flight Information Service
FMC Flight Management Computer
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FMS Flight Management System
FNPT Flight and Navigation Procedures Trainer
FS Flight Simulator
FSTD Flight Simulation Training Device
ft feet
FTD Flight Training Device

G Gravity forces
GLONASS Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System
GM Guidance Material
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems
GPS Global Positioning System

H Helicopter
HF High Frequency
HOFCS High Order Flight Control System
HPA High Performance Aeroplane
hrs Hours
HUMS Health and Usage Monitoring System
HT Head of Training

IAS Indicated Air Speed
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation
IGE In Ground Effect
IFR Instrument Flight Rules
ILS Instrument Landing System
IMC Instrument Meteorological Conditions
IR Instrument Rating
IRE Instrument Rating Examiner
IRI Instrument Rating Instructor
ISA International Standard Atmosphere

JAR Joint Aviation Requirements

kg Kilogram

LAPL Light Aircraft Pilot Licence
LDP Landing Decision Point
LMT Local Mean Time
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