ED Decision 2025/002/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. The three positions of HT, CFI, and CTKI should not be combined but should be filled by three persons.
(d) In all other cases 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, provided that the organisation has demonstrated to the competent authority the adequacy of such personnel set-up for its organisation (point ORA.GEN.200(b)).
(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.
ATO personnel rules: management supervision, staff competence, integrated course staffing, combined roles, instructor ratios, class size limits, and instructor qualifications for type/class ratings.
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