BFCL.300 Flight
instructor certificates
Regulation (EU) 2020/357
(a) General
An instructor shall only carry out flight instruction in a balloon if he or she:
(1) holds:
(i) a BPL including the privileges, ratings and certificates for which flight instruction is to be provided; and
(ii) a balloon flight instructor (FI(B)) certificate appropriate to the instruction carried out, and issued in accordance with this Subpart; and
(2) is entitled to act as PIC in the balloon during flight instruction.
(b) Instruction provided outside the territory of the Member States
(1) By way of derogation from subparagraph (a)(1), in the case of flight instruction provided during a training course approved in accordance with this Annex (Part-BFCL) outside the territory for which Member States are responsible under the Chicago Convention, the competent authority shall issue a flight instructor certificate to an applicant who holds a balloon pilot licence that is compliant with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, provided that the applicant:
(i) holds at least a licence including, where relevant, privileges, ratings or certificates equivalent to those for which he or she is authorised to instruct;
(ii) complies with the requirements established in this Subpart for the issue of the FI(B) certificate with the relevant instructional privileges; and
(iii) demonstrates to the competent authority an adequate level of knowledge of European aviation safety rules to be able to exercise his or her instructional privileges in accordance with this Annex.
(2) The certificate shall be limited to the provision of approved flight instruction:
(i) outside the territory for which Member States are responsible under the Chicago Convention; and
(ii) to a student
pilot who has sufficient knowledge of the language in which flight instruction
is provided.
Balloon flight instructors must hold a balloon pilot license with appropriate ratings and a specific flight instructor certificate. They must also be qualified to act as pilot in command during instruction. Exceptions exist for instruction outside EU territories if instructors hold equivalent licenses and demonstrate knowledge of EASA aviation safety rules.
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