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FCL.720.H Experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of type ratings - helicopters

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Regulation (EU) 2021/2227 found in: Aircrew (No 1178/2011) Part-FCL Part-MED Part-CC Part-ARA Part-ORA Part-DTO (Dec 2024)

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FCL.720.H Experience requirements and
prerequisites for the issue of type ratings – helicopters

Regulation (EU) 2021/2227

Unless otherwise determined in the operational suitability
data established in accordance with Annex I (Part 21) to [Commission
Regulation (EU) No 748/2012](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32012R0748&qid=1643285063875), an applicant for the issue of the first
helicopter type rating shall comply with the following experience requirements
and prerequisites for the issue of the relevant rating:

(a)     Multi-pilot
helicopters. An applicant for a type rating for a multi-pilot helicopter type
shall, before starting the type rating training course:

(1)     have at least
70 hours as PIC on helicopters;

(2)     except when
the type rating course is combined with an MCC course:

(i)      hold a
certificate of satisfactory completion of an MCC course in helicopters; or

(ii)     have
completed at least 500 hours of flight time as a pilot in multi-pilot
operations in any aircraft category.

(3)     have passed
the ATPL(H) theoretical knowledge examinations.

(b)     A graduate
from an ATP(H)/IR, ATP(H), CPL(H)/IR or CPL(H) integrated course who does not
comply with the requirement of point (a)(1), shall be entitled to undergo the
type rating training course for a multi-pilot helicopter type rating and shall
have the type rating issued with the privileges limited to exercising
functions as co-pilot only. The limitation shall be removed once the pilot has
complied with all of the following:

(1)     completed 70
hours as PIC or pilot-in-command under supervision of helicopters;

(2)     passed the
multi-pilot skill test on the applicable helicopter type as PIC.

(c)      Multi-engine
helicopters. An applicant for the issue of a first type rating for a
multi-engine helicopter shall:

(1)     before
starting flight training:

(i)      have passed
the ATPL(H) theoretical knowledge examinations; or

(ii)     hold a
certificate of completion of a pre-entry course conducted by an ATO. The
course shall cover the following subjects of the ATPL(H) theoretical knowledge
course:

—
Aircraft General Knowledge:
airframe/systems/power plant, and instrument/electronics,

—
Flight Performance and Planning: mass and
balance, performance;

(2)     in the case
of applicants who have not completed an ATP(H)/IR, ATP(H), or CPL(H)/IR
integrated training course, have completed at least 70 hours as PIC on
helicopters.

FCL.720.H Experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of type ratings – helicopters

Regulation (EU) 2021/2227

Unless otherwise determined in the operational suitability data established in accordance with Annex I (Part 21) to [Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32012R0748&qid=1643285063875), an applicant for the issue of the first helicopter type rating shall comply with the following experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of the relevant rating:

(a) Multi-pilot helicopters. An applicant for a type rating for a multi-pilot helicopter type shall, before starting the type rating training course:

(1) have at least 70 hours as PIC on helicopters;

(2) except when the type rating course is combined with an MCC course:

(i) hold a certificate of satisfactory completion of an MCC course in helicopters; or

(ii) have completed at least 500 hours of flight time as a pilot in multi-pilot operations in any aircraft category.

(3) have passed the ATPL(H) theoretical knowledge examinations.

(b) A graduate from an ATP(H)/IR, ATP(H), CPL(H)/IR or CPL(H) integrated course who does not comply with the requirement of point (a)(1), shall be entitled to undergo the type rating training course for a multi-pilot helicopter type rating and shall have the type rating issued with the privileges limited to exercising functions as co-pilot only. The limitation shall be removed once the pilot has complied with all of the following:

(1) completed 70 hours as PIC or pilot-in-command under supervision of helicopters;

(2) passed the multi-pilot skill test on the applicable helicopter type as PIC.

(1) before starting flight training:

(i) have passed the ATPL(H) theoretical knowledge examinations; or

(ii) hold a certificate of completion of a pre-entry course conducted by an ATO. The course shall cover the following subjects of the ATPL(H) theoretical knowledge course:

— Aircraft General Knowledge: airframe/systems/power plant, and instrument/electronics,

— Flight Performance and Planning: mass and balance, performance;

(2) in the case of applicants who have not completed an ATP(H)/IR, ATP(H), or CPL(H)/IR integrated training course, have completed at least 70 hours as PIC on helicopters.