Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 AIRCREW : Pilot Licenses
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• EASA - AIRCREW :
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 of 3 November 2011 — Aircrew ( Easa )
  • Easy Access Rules for Aircrew (Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011) ( Easy Access )
  • List of Revisions ( Easy Access )
  • Incorporated Amendments ( Easy Access )
  • COVER REGULATION ( Easy Access )
  • ANNEX I : [PART FCL] - Flight Crew Licencing ( Easy Access )
  • ANNEX IV : [PART MED] - Medical ( Easy Access )
  • ANNEX VI : [PART ARA] - Authority Requirements for Aircrew ( Easy Access )
  • ANNEX VII : [PART ORA] - Organisation Requirements for Aircrew ( Easy Access )
  • ANNEX VIII : [PART-DTO] - Declared Training Organisation ( Easy Access )
• FRANCE :
  • FRANCE - Arrêté du 10 octobre 2018 relatif à l'application du règlement (UE) n° 1178/2011 ( Légifrance )

AMC1 FCL.800 Aerobatic rating - ED Decision 2025/002/R

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND FLYING TRAINING

1. The aim of the aerobatic training is to qualify licence holders to perform aerobatic manoeuvres.
2. The DTO or the ATO should issue a certificate of satisfactory completion of the instruction to licence endorsement.
3. Theoretical knowledge
   The theoretical knowledge syllabus should cover the revision or explanation of:
   1. human factors and body limitation:
      1. spatial disorientation;
      2. airsickness;
      3. body stress and G-forces, positive and negative;
      4. effects of grey- and blackouts.
   2. technical subjects:
      1. legislation affecting aerobatic flying to include environmental and noise subjects;
      2. principles of aerodynamics to include slow flight, stalls and spins, flat and inverted;
      3. general airframe and engine limitations (if applicable).
   3. limitations applicable to the specific aircraft category (and type):
      1. air speed limitations (aeroplane or TMG, as applicable);
      2. symmetric load factors (type-related, as applicable);
      3. rolling Gs (type-related, as applicable).
   4. aerobatic manoeuvres and recovery:
      1. entry parameters;
      2. planning systems and sequencing of manoeuvres;
      3. rolling manœuvres;
      4. looping manœuvres;
      5. combination manœuvres;
      6. entry and recovery from developed spins, flat, accelerated and inverted.
   5. emergency procedures:
      1. recovery from unusual attitudes;
      2. drills to include the use of parachutes (if worn) and aircraft abandonment.
4. Flying training
   The exercises of the aerobatic flying training syllabus should be repeated as necessary until the applicant achieves a safe and competent standard. At the end of the flight training, the student pilot should be able to perform an aerobatic flight containing a sequence of aerobatic manoeuvres. The training flights should be tailored to the category of aircraft and limited to the permitted manoeuvres of that type of aircraft. The exercises should comprise at least the following practical training items:
   1. confidence manoeuvres and recoveries:
      1. slow flights and stalls;
      2. steep turns;
      3. side slips;
      4. engine restart in-flight (in case of unintentional engine stop during an aerobatic manoeuvre);
      5. spins and recovery;
      6. recovery from spiral dives;
      7. recovery from unusual attitudes.
   2. aerobatic manoeuvres:
      1. Chandelle;
      2. Lazy Eight;
      3. rolls;
      4. loops;
      5. inverted flight;
      6. Hammerhead turn;
      7. Immelmann.

GM1 FCL.810 Night rating - ED Decision 2025/002/R

SOLO FLIGHTS DURING NIGHT RATING TRAINING COURSES

Solo flights, as required by point FCL.810, should take place only under the conditions established by the ATO or the DTO to ensure the safe conduct of these flights, considering, for example:

1. the rapid change of weather;
2. the reduced usability of the aerodrome;
3. the need for diversion to an alternate aerodrome;
4. other exceptional conditions.

AMC1 FCL.810(a) Night rating AEROPLANE - ED Decision 2025/002/R

AEROPLANE NIGHT RATING COURSE

1. The aim of the course is to qualify applicants for or holders of Part-FCL licences with privileges to fly aeroplanes or TMGs to exercise their privileges at night.
2. The ATO or DTO should issue a certificate of satisfactory completion of the instruction that can be used for licence endorsement.
3. Theoretical knowledge : The theoretical knowledge syllabus should cover the revision or explanation of:
   1. night VMC minima;
   2. rules about airspace control at night and facilities available;
   3. rules about aerodrome ground, runway, and obstruction lighting;
   4. aircraft navigation lights and collision avoidance rules;
   5. physiological aspects of night vision and orientation;
   6. dangers of disorientation at night;
   7. dangers of weather deterioration at night;
   8. instrument systems or functions and errors;
   9. instrument lighting and emergency cockpit lighting systems;
   10. map marking for use under cockpit lighting;
   11. practical navigation principles;
   12. radio navigation principles;
   13. planning and use of safety altitude; and
   14. danger from icing conditions, as well as from avoidance and escape manoeuvres.
4. Flying training : The exercises of the night rating flight training syllabus should be repeated as necessary until the student pilot has developed the necessary competence to safely operate the aircraft under visual flight rules at night.
   1. The flight training required by point FCL.810(a)(1)(ii) should follow the syllabus set out in point (4) below.
   2. Additional training may be completed in an FSTD(A), in order to allow for more efficient training in the aircraft.
   3. Starred items (*) should be completed in simulated IMC and may be completed in daylight.
   4. Night rating flight training syllabus:
      1. exercise 1:
         1. revise basic manoeuvres when flying by sole reference to instruments*;
         2. explain and demonstrate transition from visual flight to instrument flight*; and
         3. explain and revise recovery from unusual attitudes by sole reference to instruments*;
      2. exercise 2: explain and demonstrate the use of radio navigation aids when flying by sole reference to instruments, to include position finding and tracking*;
      3. exercise 3: explain and demonstrate the use of radar assistance*;
      4. exercise 4:
         1. explain and demonstrate night take-off techniques;
         2. explain and demonstrate night circuit techniques;
         3. explain and demonstrate night approaches with or without visual approach aids; and
         4. practise take-offs, circuits, as well as approaches and landings;
      5. exercise 5: explain and demonstrate night emergency procedures including:
         1. simulated engine failure (to be terminated with recovery at a safe altitude);
         2. simulated engine failure at various phases of flight;
         3. simulated inadvertent entry to IMC (not on base leg or final approach);
         4. internal and external lighting failure; and
         5. other malfunctions and emergency procedures, as required by the AFM;
      6. exercise 6: solo night circuits; and
      7. exercise 7:
         1. explain and demonstrate night cross-country techniques; and
         2. practise night cross-country dual flight and optionally supervised solo to a satisfactory standard.

AMC1 FCL.810(b) Night rating HELICOPTER - ED Decision 2020/005/R

HELICOPTER NIGHT RATING COURSE

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