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FCL.925 Additional requirements for instructors for the MPL

MPL flight instructors need specialized training at an approved organization, including multi-pilot experience and crew resource management. The course requires 14 hours of training, competency assessment, and practical flight instruction demonstration. Instructors must maintain proficiency through simulator sessions or air exercises annually, or complete refresher training and reassessment.

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FCL.925 Additional requirements for instructors for the MPL

Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011

(a)     Instructors conducting training for the MPL shall:

(1)     have successfully completed an MPL instructor training course at an ATO; and

(2)     additionally, for the basic, intermediate and advanced phases of the MPL integrated training course:

(i)      be experienced in multi-pilot operations; and

(ii)     have completed initial crew resource management training with a commercial air transport operator approved in accordance with the applicable air operations requirements.

(b)     MPL instructors training course

(1)     The MPL instructor training course shall comprise at least 14 hours of training.

Upon completion of the training course, the applicant shall undertake an assessment of instructor competencies and of knowledge of the competency-based approach to training.

(2)     The assessment shall consist of a practical demonstration of flight instruction in the appropriate phase of the MPL training course. This assessment shall be conducted by an examiner qualified in accordance with Subpart K.

(3)     Upon successful completion of the MPL training course, the ATO shall issue an MPL instructor qualification certificate to the applicant.

(c)      In order to maintain the privileges, the instructor shall have, within the preceding 12 months, conducted within an MPL training course:

(1)     1 simulator session of at least 3 hours; or

(2)     1 air exercise of at least 1 hour comprising at least 2 take-offs and landings.

(d)     If the instructor has not fulfilled the requirements of (c), before exercising the privileges to conduct flight instruction for the MPL he/she shall:

(1)     receive refresher training at an ATO to reach the level of competence necessary to pass the assessment of instructor competencies; and

(2)     pass the assessment of instructor competencies as set out in (b)(2).

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