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FCL.325.A CPL(A) – Specific requirements for applicants who hold an MPL

Regulation (EU) 2024/2076

(a) Applicants for a CPL(A) who hold an MPL shall have completed in aeroplanes:

(1) 70 hours of flight time in one of the following ways:

(i) as PIC;

(ii) made up of at least 10 hours as PIC and the additional flight time as PIC under supervision (PICUS).

Of those 70 hours, 20 hours shall be of VFR cross-country flight time as PIC, or cross-country flight time made up of at least 10 hours as PIC and 10 hours as PICUS. That shall include a VFR cross-country flight of at least 540 km (300 NM) in the course of which full-stop landings at two different aerodromes shall be flown as PIC;

(2) the elements of the CPL(A) modular course as specified in Chapter E, point 10(a) and point 11, of Appendix 3;

(3) the CPL(A) skill test, in accordance with point FCL.320.

(b) When being issued with a CPL in accordance with point (a), applicants shall be subject to the following conditions:

(1) comply with the requirements of point FCL.405.A(c) in order to have the privileges of their IR(A) extended to single-pilot operations in aeroplanes;

(2) have the privileges of their type ratings restricted to exercise the privileges of a co-pilot only. That restriction shall be removed when applicants complete a proficiency check for the relevant type in accordance with Appendix 9 in the role of the PIC.