FCL.900 Instructor certificates

(a)     General. A person shall only carry out:

(1)     flight instruction in aircraft when he/she holds:

(i)      a pilot licence issued or accepted in accordance with this Regulation;

(ii)     an instructor certificate appropriate to the instruction given, issued in accordance with this Subpart;

(2)     synthetic flight instruction or MCC instruction when he/she holds an instructor certificate appropriate to the instruction given, issued in accordance with this Subpart.

(b)     Special conditions:

(1)     The competent authority may issue a specific certificate granting privileges for flight instruction when compliance with the requirements established in this Subpart is not possible in the case of the introduction of:

(i)       new aircraft in the Member States or in an operator's fleet; or

(ii)      new training courses in this Annex (Part-FCL).

         Such a certificate shall be limited to the training flights necessary for the introduction of the new type of aircraft or the new training course and its validity shall not, in any case, exceed 1 year.;

(2)     Holders of a certificate issued in accordance with (b)(1) who wish to apply for the issue of an instructor certificate shall comply with the prerequisites and revalidation requirements established for that category of instructor. Notwithstanding FCL.905.TRI(b), a TRI certificate issued in accordance with this (sub)paragraph will include the privilege to instruct for the issue of a TRI or SFI certificate for the relevant type.

(c)      Instruction provided outside the territory of the Member States:

(1)     By way of derogation from point (a), in the case of flight instruction provided during a training course approved in accordance with this Annex outside the territory for which Member States are responsible under the Chicago Convention, the competent authority shall issue an instructor certificate to applicants who:

(i)      holds a pilot licence that meets all of the following criteria:

(A)     it complies with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention;

(B)     in any case, it is at least a CPL in the relevant aircraft category with a relevant rating or certificate;

(ii)     complies with the requirements established in this Subpart for the issue of the relevant instructor certificate;

(iii)     demonstrates to the competent authority an adequate level of knowledge of European aviation safety rules to be able to exercise instructional privileges in accordance with this Annex.

(2)     The certificate shall be limited to providing flight instruction during a training course approved in accordance with this Annex which meets all of the following conditions:

(i)      it is provided outside the territory for which Member States are responsible under the Chicago Convention;

(ii)     it is provided to student pilots who have sufficient knowledge of the language in which flight instruction is provided.