Licencing


The provisions related to flight crew licences and associated ratings (including certificates for instructors and examiners) are laid down in regulation (EU) No 1178/2011.

This link takes you to the online legal information system by the European Union (EUR-Lex), where a consolidated version of this regulation can be downloaded.

The detailed provisions for flight crew licences and associated ratings are laid down in annex I to III of this regulation:

Annex I - Part-FCL

  • Subpart A - General
  • Subpart B - LAPL
  • Subpart C - PPL, SPL, BPL
  • Subpart D - CPL 
  • Subpart E - MPL
  • Subpart F - ATPL
  • Subpart G - IR
  • Subpart H - Class and type ratings
  • Subpart I - Additional ratings
  • Subpart J - Instructors
  • Subpart K - Examiners

Annex II - Conversion of national licences

Annex III -  Acceptance of third country licences

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has developed so called “Acceplable means of compliance” (AMC) referring to the provisions of regulation (EU) No 1178/2011.
These documents contain procedures that guarantee compliance with the provisions of this regulation.

These AMCs referring to Part-FCL can be downloaded from the homepage of EASA by following these links:

The provisions related to class and type ratings are laid down in regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 Annex I (Part-FCL) Subpart H (see above under “Licences and ratings (general)” where a link to the regulation is provided).

Tables with all class and type ratings can be downloaded from the homepage of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).