FCL.1010.TRE TRE – Prerequisites

(a)     TRE(A) and TRE(PL). Applicants for a TRE certificate for aeroplanes and powered-lift aircraft shall:

(1)     in the case of multi-pilot aeroplanes or powered-lift aircraft, have completed 1500 hours of flight time as a pilot of multi-pilot aeroplanes or powered-lift aircraft, as applicable, of which at least 500 hours shall be as PIC;

(2)     in the case of single-pilot high performance complex aeroplanes, have completed 500 hours of flight time as a pilot of single-pilot aeroplanes, of which at least 200 hours shall be as PIC;

(3)     hold a CPL or ATPL and a TRI certificate for the applicable type;

(4)     for the initial issue of an TRE certificate, have completed at least 50 hours of flight instruction as a TRI, FI or SFI in the applicable type or an FSTD representing that type.

(b)     TRE(H). Applicants for a TRE (H) certificate for helicopters shall:

(1)     hold a TRI(H) certificate or, in the case of single-pilot single-engine helicopters, a valid FI(H) certificate, for the applicable type;

(2)     for the initial issue of a TRE certificate, have completed 50 hours of flight instruction as a TRI, FI or SFI in the applicable type or an FSTD representing that type;

(3)     in the case of multi-pilot helicopters, hold a CPL(H) or ATPL(H) and have completed 1500 hours of flight as a pilot on multi-pilot helicopters, of which at least 500 hours shall be as PIC;

(4)     in the case of single-pilot multi-engine helicopters:

(i)      have completed 1000 hours of flight as pilot on helicopters, of which at least 500 hours shall be as PIC;

(ii)     hold a CPL(H) or ATPL(H) and, when applicable, a valid IR(H;

(5)     in the case of single-pilot single-engine helicopters:

(i)      have completed 750 hours of flight as a pilot on helicopters, of which at least 500 hours shall be as PIC;

(ii)     hold a CPL(H) or ATPL(H).

(6)     Before the privileges of a TRE(H) are extended from single-pilot operations to multi-pilot operations on the same type of helicopter, the holder shall have either:

(i)      at least 100 hours in multi-pilot operations on this type; or

(ii)     at least 350 hours in multi-pilot operations in any aircraft category.

(7)     In the case of applicants for the first multi-pilot multi-engine TRE certificate, the 1500 hours of flight experience on multi-pilot helicopters required in (b)(3) may be considered to have been met if they have completed the 500 hours of flight time as PIC on a multi-pilot helicopter of the same type.