FCL.915 General prerequisites and requirements for instructors

(a)     General.

Applicants for the issue of an instructor certificate shall be at least 18 years of age.

(b)     Additional requirements for instructors that provide flight instruction in aircraft.

Applicants for the issue of or holders of an instructor certificate with privileges to conduct flight instruction in an aircraft shall:

(1)      for licence training, hold at least the licence or, in the case of point FCL.900(c), the equivalent licence, for which flight instruction is to be given;

(2)      for a rating training, hold the relevant rating or, in the case of point FCL.900(c), the equivalent rating, for which flight instruction is to be given;

(3)      except in the case of flight test instructors (FTIs), have:

(i)       completed at least 15 hours of flight time as pilots of the class or type of aircraft on which flight instruction is to be given, of which a maximum of 7 hours may be in an FSTD representing the class or type of aircraft, if applicable; or

(ii)     passed an assessment of competence for the relevant category of instructor on that class or type of aircraft;

(4)     be entitled to act as PIC in the aircraft during such flight instruction; and

(5)     when providing flight instruction in a variant of the SEP aeroplane class with a particular type of engine referred to in Article 2, point (8c), of this Regulation, have complied with one of the following conditions:

(i)      completed at least 5 hours of flight time as pilots in that variant;

(ii)     passed an assessment of competence for the relevant category of instructor in that variant.

(c)      Credit towards further instructor certificates and for the purpose of revalidation:

(1)     Full credit towards the teaching and learning skills may be granted to:

(i)      holders of an instructor certificate who apply for further instructor certificates; and

(ii)     applicants for an instructor certificate who already hold an instructor certificate issued in accordance with Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 or with Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976.

(2)     Hours flown as an examiner during skill tests or proficiency checks shall be credited in full towards revalidation requirements for all instructor certificates held.

(d)     Credit for extension to further types shall take into account the relevant elements as defined in the operational suitability data established in accordance with Annex I (Part-21) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 (OSD).

(e)     Additional requirements for instructing in a training course in accordance with FCL.745.A:

(1)      In addition to (b), before acting as instructors for a training course according to FCL.745.A, holders of an instructor certificate shall:

(i)       have at least 500 hours of flight time as pilots of aeroplanes, including 200 hours of flight instruction;

(ii)      after complying with the experience requirements in point (e)(1)(i), have completed a UPRT instructor training course at an ATO, during which the competence of applicants shall have been assessed continuously; and

(iii)     upon completion of the course, have been issued with a certificate of course completion by the ATO, whose Head of Training (HT) shall have entered the privileges specified in point (e)(1) in the logbook of the applicants.

(2)      The privileges referred to in point (e)(1) shall only be exercised if instructors have, during the last year, received refresher training at an ATO during which the competence required to instruct on a course in accordance with point FCL.745.A is assessed to the satisfaction of the HT.

(3)      Instructors holding the privileges specified in point (e)(1) may act as instructors for a course as specified in point (e)(1)(ii), provided that they:

(i)       have 25 hours of flight instruction experience during training according to FCL.745.A;

(ii)      have completed an assessment of competence for this privilege; and

(iii)     comply with the recency requirements in point (e)(2).

(4)      These privileges shall be entered in the logbook of the instructors and signed by the examiner.