DTO.GEN.210 Personnel requirements

(a)     A DTO shall designate:

(1)     a representative, who shall be responsible and duly authorised to do at least the following:

(i)      ensure compliance of the DTO and its activities with the applicable requirements and with its declaration;

(ii)     develop and establish a safety policy which ensures that the DTO's activities are carried out safely, ensure that the DTO adheres to that safety policy and take the necessary measures in order to achieve the objectives of that safety policy;

(iii)     promote safety within the DTO;

(iv)     ensure the availability of sufficient resources within the DTO so that the activities referred to in points (i), (ii) and (iii) can be carried out in an effective manner.

(2)     a head of training, who shall be responsible and qualified to ensure at least the following:

(i)      that the training provided complies with the requirements of Annex I (Part-FCL), Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 and Annex III (Part‑SFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1976 and with the DTO’s training programme;

(ii)     the satisfactory integration of flight training in an aircraft or a flight simulation training device (FSTD) and theoretical knowledge instruction;

(iii)     the supervision of the progress of students;

(iv)     in the case referred to in point DTO.GEN.250(b), the supervision of the deputy head or heads of training.

(b)     A DTO may designate a single person as its representative and its head of training.

(c)      A DTO shall not designate a person as its representative or its head of training if there are objective indications that he or she cannot be trusted to carry out the tasks listed in point (a) in a manner which safeguards and furthers aviation safety. The fact that a person has been subject to an enforcement measure taken in accordance with point ARA.GEN.355 in the past three years shall be deemed to constitute such an objective indication, unless that person can demonstrate that the finding leading to that measure, by reason of its nature, scale or impact on aviation safety, is not such as to indicate that he or she cannot be trusted to carry out those tasks in that manner.

(d)     A DTO shall ensure that its theoretical knowledge instructors have either of the following qualifications:

(1)     practical background in aviation in the areas relevant for the training provided and have undergone a course of training instructional techniques;

(2)     previous experience in giving theoretical knowledge instruction and an appropriate theoretical background in the subject on which they will provide theoretical knowledge instruction.

(e)     Flight instructors and flight simulation training instructors shall hold the qualifications required by Annex I (Part-FCL), Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 and Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976 for the type of training they provide.