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.

AMCs and Guideance Material (GM) referring to Aircrew Regulaton can be downloaded from the homepage of EASA by following link:

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).