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AIRCREW - ANNEX I - PART FCL


Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 AIRCREW : Pilot Licenses
Revision from November 2025

SUBPART F – ATPL – AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT LICENCE ( Easy Access )

TABLE OF CONTENT

SECTION 1 – COMMON REQUIREMENTS

FCL.500 ATPL – Minimum age - Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011

Applicants for an ATPL shall be at least 21 years of age.

FCL.505 ATPL – Privileges - Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011

  1. The privileges of the holder of an ATPL are, within the appropriate aircraft category, to:
    1. exercise all the privileges of the holder of an LAPL, a PPL and a CPL;
    2. act as PIC of aircraft engaged in commercial air transport.
  2. Applicants for the issue of an ATPL shall have fulfilled the requirements for the type rating of the aircraft used in the skill test.

FCL.515 ATPL – Training course and theoretical knowledge examinations - Regulation (EU) 2018/1974

  1. Course. Applicants for an ATPL shall have completed a training course at an ATO. The course shall be either an integrated training course or a modular course, in accordance with Appendix 3 to this Annex (Part-FCL).
  2. Examination. Applicants for the issue of an ATPL 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.

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

FCL.510.A ATPL(A) – Prerequisites, experience and crediting - Regulation (EU) 2024/2076

  1. Prerequisites. Applicants for an ATPL(A) shall hold:
    1. an MPL; or
    2. a CPL(A) and a multi-engine IR for aeroplanes. In this case, the applicant shall also have received instruction in MCC.
  2. Experience. Applicants for an ATPL(A) shall have completed a minimum of 1 500 hours of flight time in aeroplanes, including at least:
    1. 500 hours in multi-pilot operations on aeroplanes;
      1. 500 hours as PIC under supervision; or
      2. 250 hours as PIC; or
      3. 250 hours, including at least 70 hours as PIC, and the remaining as PIC under supervision;
    3. 200 hours of cross-country flight time of which at least 100 hours shall be as PIC or as PIC under supervision;
    4. 75 hours of instrument time of which not more than 30 hours may be instrument ground time; and
    5. 100 hours of night flight as PIC or co-pilot.
    Of the 1 500 hours of flight time, up to 100 hours of flight time may have been completed in an FFS and FNPT. Of these 100 hours, only a maximum of 25 hours may be completed in an FNPT.
  3. Crediting.
    1. Holders of a pilot licence for other categories of aircraft shall be credited with flight time up to a maximum of:
      1. for TMG or sailplanes, 30 hours flown as PIC;
      2. for helicopters, 50 % of all the flight time requirements of paragraph (b).
    2. Holders of a flight engineer licence issued in accordance with applicable national rules shall be credited with 50 % of the flight engineer time up to a maximum credit of 250 hours. These 250 hours may be credited against the 1 500 hours requirement of paragraph (b), and the 500 hours requirement of paragraph (b)(1), provided that the total credit given against any of these paragraphs does not exceed 250 hours.
    3. Holders of a restricted type rating issued in accordance with point FCL.720.A(c) shall receive credits for their flight time completed while exercising the privileges of that type rating up to a maximum of 250 hours.
  4. The experience required in (b) shall be completed before the skill test for the ATPL(A) is taken.

FCL.520.A ATPL(A) – Skill test - Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011

Applicants for an ATPL(A) shall pass a skill test in accordance with Appendix 9 to this Part to demonstrate the ability to perform, as PIC of a multi-pilot aeroplane under IFR, the relevant procedures and manoeuvres with the competency appropriate to the privileges granted. The skill test shall be taken in the aeroplane or an adequately qualified FFS representing the same type.

SECTION 3 – SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HELICOPTER CATEGORY – ATPL(H)

FCL.510.H ATPL(H) – Prerequisites, experience and crediting - Regulation (EU) 2021/2227

Applicants for an ATPL(H) shall:

  1. hold a CPL(H);
  2. have received instruction in MCC in accordance with point FCL.735.H;
  3. have completed as a pilot of helicopters a minimum of 1 000 hours of flight time including at least:
    1. 350 hours in multi-pilot operations in helicopters;
      1. 250 hours as PIC; or
      2. 100 hours as PIC and 150 hours as PIC under supervision; or
      3. 250 hours as PIC under supervision in multi-pilot helicopters. In this case, the ATPL(H) privileges shall be limited to multi-pilot operations only, until 100 hours as PIC have been completed;
    3. 200 hours of cross-country flight time of which at least 100 hours shall be as PIC or as PIC under supervision;
    4. 30 hours of instrument time of which not more than 10 hours may be instrument ground time; and
    5. 100 hours of night flight as PIC or as co-pilot.
    Of the 1 000 hours, a maximum of 100 hours may have been completed in an FSTD, of which not more than 25 hours may be completed in an FNPT;
  4. flight time in aeroplanes shall be credited up to 50 % against the flight time requirements of point (c);
  5. the experience required in point (c) shall be completed before the skill test for the ATPL(H) is taken;
  6. applicants for an ATPL(H) shall receive a full credit for the requirement in point (b) when they comply with point FCL.720.H(a)(2)(ii) and, additionally, have received training at an ATO to meet the necessary standard for the successful completion of the course as per point FCL.735.H.

FCL.520.H ATPL(H) – Skill test - Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011

Applicants for an ATPL(H) shall pass a skill test in accordance with Appendix 9 to this Part to demonstrate the ability to perform as PIC of a multi-pilot helicopter the relevant procedures and manoeuvres with the competency appropriate to the privileges granted. The skill test shall be taken in the helicopter or an adequately qualified FFS representing the same type.