SUBPART D – CPL – COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENCE ( Easy Access )

TABLE OF CONTENT

• SECTION 1 – COMMON REQUIREMENTS
• SECTION 2 – SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AEROPLANE CATEGORY – CPL(A)

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SECTION 1 – COMMON REQUIREMENTS

FCL.300 CPL – Minimum age - Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011

An applicant for a CPL shall be at least 18 years of age.

FCL.305 CPL – Privileges and conditions - Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011

1. Privileges. The privileges of the holder of a CPL are, within the appropriate aircraft category, to:
   1. exercise all the privileges of the holder of an LAPL and a PPL;
   2. act as PIC or co-pilot of any aircraft engaged in operations other than commercial air transport;
   3. act as PIC in commercial air transport of any single-pilot aircraft subject to the restrictions specified in FCL.060 and in this Subpart;
   4. act as co-pilot in commercial air transport subject to the restrictions specified in FCL.060.
2. Conditions. An applicant for the issue of a CPL shall have fulfilled the requirements for the class or type rating of the aircraft used in the skill test.

FCL.310 CPL – Theoretical knowledge examinations - Regulation (EU) 2018/1974

Applicants for the issue of a CPL shall demonstrate a level of knowledge appropriate to the privileges granted in the following subjects:

1. air law;
2. aircraft general knowledge — airframe/systems/power plant;
3. aircraft general knowledge — instrumentation;
4. mass and balance;
5. performance;
6. flight planning and monitoring;
7. human performance;
8. meteorology;
9. general navigation;
10. radio navigation;
11. operational procedures;
12. principles of flight; and
13. communications.

FCL.315 CPL – Training course - Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011

An applicant for a CPL shall have completed theoretical knowledge instruction and flight instruction at an ATO, in accordance with Appendix 3 to this Part.

FCL.320 CPL – Skill test - Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011

An applicant for a CPL shall pass a skill test in accordance with Appendix 4 to this Part to demonstrate the ability to perform, as PIC of the appropriate aircraft category, the relevant procedures and manoeuvres with the competency appropriate to the privileges granted.

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SECTION 2 – SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AEROPLANE CATEGORY – CPL(A)

FCL.315.A CPL – Training course - Regulation (EU) 2015/445

Theoretical knowledge and flight instruction for the issue of a CPL(A) shall include upset prevention and recovery training.

FCL.325.A CPL(A) – Specific requirements for applicants who hold an MPL - Regulation (EU) 2024/2076

1. Applicants for a CPL(A) who hold an MPL shall have completed in aeroplanes:
   1. 70 hours of flight time in one of the following ways:
      1. as PIC;
      2. made up of at least 10 hours as PIC and the additional flight time as PIC under supervision (PICUS).
      Of those 70 hours, 20 hours shall be of VFR cross-country flight time as PIC, or cross-country flight time made up of at least 10 hours as PIC and 10 hours as PICUS. That shall include a VFR cross-country flight of at least 540 km (300 NM) in the course of which full-stop landings at two different aerodromes shall be flown as PIC;
   2. the elements of the CPL(A) modular course as specified in Chapter E, point 10(a) and point 11, of Appendix 3;
   3. the CPL(A) skill test, in accordance with point FCL.320.
2. When being issued with a CPL in accordance with point (a), applicants shall be subject to the following conditions:
   1. comply with the requirements of point FCL.405.A(c) in order to have the privileges of their IR(A) extended to single-pilot operations in aeroplanes;
   2. have the privileges of their type ratings restricted to exercise the privileges of a co-pilot only. That restriction shall be removed when applicants complete a proficiency check for the relevant type in accordance with Appendix 9 in the role of the PIC.