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FCL.210.A PPL(A) - Experience requirements and crediting

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Regulation (EU) 2024/2076 found in: Aircrew (No 1178/2011) Part-FCL Part-MED Part-CC Part-ARA Part-ORA Part-DTO (Dec 2024)
Regulation (EU) 2020/359 found in: Aircrew (No 1178/2011) Part-FCL Part-MED Part-CC Part-ARA Part-ORA Part-DTO (Aug 2023)

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FCL.210.A PPL(A) – Experience requirements
and crediting

Regulation (EU) 2024/2076

(a)     Applicants
for a PPL(A) shall have completed at least 45 hours of flight instruction in
aeroplanes or TMGs, of which 5 hours may have been completed in an FSTD,
including at least the following:

(1)     25 hours of
dual flight instruction;

(2)     10 hours of
supervised solo flight time, including at least 5 hours of solo cross-country
flight time with at least one cross-country flight of at least 270 km (150
NM), during which full-stop landings at two aerodromes different from the
aerodrome of departure shall be made.

Applicants may complete the flight time of a night rating
training course in accordance with point [FCL.810](#_DxCrossRefBm894735527)(a)(1)(ii)
as part of the 45 hours of flight instruction, provided that, before
commencing night rating training, they have completed basic instrument flight
training.

(b)     Specific
requirements for applicants that have undergone LAPL(A) training. Applicants
for a PPL(A) shall receive credits for previous LAPL(A) training they have
undergone and shall be issued with a PPL(A), provided that the LAPL(A)
training and the PPL(A) training that they completed in total complies with
the experience requirements in point (a). However, in such a case all of the
following shall apply:

(1)     if applicants
already hold an LAPL(A), all of the following shall apply, provided that
applicants have completed at least 45 hours of total flight time in aeroplanes
or TMGs:

(i)      the
requirement in the introductory sentence of point (a) is reduced to 40 hours
of flight instruction;

(ii)     the
requirement in point (a)(1) is reduced to 21 hours of dual flight instruction;

(2)     applicants
shall have completed at least all of the following with an instructor that is
qualified to instruct for a PPL(A):

(i)      5 hours of
dual flight instruction;

(ii)     solo flight
time as specified in point (a)(2).

(c)      Specific
requirements for applicants who hold an SPL issued in accordance with Annex III
(Part‑SFCL) to [Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32018R0395&qid=1636644364922), including privileges to fly TMGs.
Applicants for a PPL(A) who hold an SPL with the privileges to fly TMGs shall
have completed:

(1)     at least 24
hours of flight time on TMGs after endorsement of the TMG privileges; and

(2)     at least 15
hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes in a training course at a DTO or at
an ATO, including at least the requirements of point (a)(2).

(d)     Crediting.
Applicants holding a pilot licence for another category of aircraft, with the
exception of balloons, shall be credited with 10 % of their total flight time
as PIC on such aircraft up to a maximum of 10 hours. The amount of credit
given shall in any case not include the requirements in (a)(2).

FCL.210.A PPL(A) – Experience requirements and crediting

Regulation (EU) 2020/359

(a) Applicants for a PPL(A) shall have completed at least 45 hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes or TMGs, 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD, including at least:

(1) 25 hours of dual flight instruction; and

(2) 10 hours of supervised solo flight time, including at least 5 hours of solo cross-country flight time with at least 1 cross-country flight of at least 270 km (150 NM), during which full stop landings at 2 aerodromes different from the aerodrome of departure shall be made.

(b) Specific requirements for applicants holding an LAPL(A). Applicants for a PPL(A) holding an LAPL(A) shall have completed at least 15 hours of flight time on aeroplanes after the issue of the LAPL(A), of which at least 10 shall be flight instruction completed in a training course at a DTO or at an ATO. That training course shall include at least four hours of supervised solo flight time, including at least two hours of solo cross-country flight time with at least one cross-country flight of at least 270 km (150 NM), during which full stop landings at two aerodromes different from the aerodrome of departure shall be made.

(c) Specific requirements for applicants who hold an SPL issued in accordance with Annex III (Part‑SFCL) to [Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32018R0395&qid=1636644364922), including privileges to fly TMGs. Applicants for a PPL(A) who hold an SPL with the privileges to fly TMGs shall have completed:

(1) at least 24 hours of flight time on TMGs after endorsement of the TMG privileges; and

(2) at least 15 hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes in a training course at a DTO or at an ATO, including at least the requirements of point (a)(2).

(d) Crediting. Applicants holding a pilot licence for another category of aircraft, with the exception of balloons, shall be credited with 10 % of their total flight time as PIC on such aircraft up to a maximum of 10 hours. The amount of credit given shall in any case not include the requirements in (a)(2).