AMC1 ORA.ATO.210 Personnel requirements
ED Decision 2020/005/R
GENERAL
(a) The management structure should ensure supervision of all grades of personnel by persons having the experience and qualities necessary to ensure the maintenance of high standards. Details of the management structure, indicating individual responsibilities, should be included in the ATOs operations manual.
(b) The ATO should demonstrate to the competent authority that an adequate number of qualified, competent staff is employed.
(c) In the case of an ATO offering integrated courses, the head of training (HT), the chief flying instructor (CFI) and the chief theoretical-knowledge instructor (CTKI) should be employed full-time or part-time, depending upon the scope of training offered.
(d) In the case of an ATO offering only one of the following:
(1) modular courses,
(2) type rating courses, and
(3) theoretical knowledge instruction,
the positions of HT, CFI and CTKI may be combined and filled by one or two persons with extensive experience in the training conducted by the training organisation, full-time or part-time, depending upon the scope of training offered.
(e) In the case of an ATO that provides flight training only, no CTKI function is required in the ATO. In the case of an ATO that provides theoretical-knowledge instruction only, no CFI function is required in the ATO.
(f) The ratio of all students to all flight instructors, excluding the HT, should not exceed 6:1.
(g) Classes in ground subjects that require maximal supervision or intensive practical work should not include more than 28 students.
THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE INSTRUCTORS
(h) The theoretical knowledge instruction for type or class ratings should be conducted by instructors holding the appropriate type or class rating, or having appropriate experience in aviation and knowledge of the aircraft concerned.
(i) For this purpose, a flight engineer, a maintenance engineer or a flight operations officer should be considered as having appropriate experience in aviation and knowledge of the aircraft concerned.
EASA aviation training organizations (ATOs) must maintain high standards through qualified personnel and clear management structures. ATOs need sufficient, competent staff. Integrated course ATOs require dedicated heads of training. Modular or type rating ATOs can combine roles. Flight training ATOs don't need theoretical instructors, and vice versa. Student-instructor ratios are capped. Theoretical instructors need relevant aircraft knowledge.
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