SFCL.300 Flight
instructor certificate
Regulation (EU) 2020/358
(a) General
An instructor shall only carry out flight instruction in a sailplane if he or she:
(1) holds:
(i) an SPL including the privileges, ratings and certificates for which flight instruction is to be provided;
(ii) a sailplane flight instructor (FI(S)) certificate appropriate to the instruction carried out, and issued in accordance with this Subpart;
(2) is entitled to act as PIC in the sailplane during flight instruction.
(b) Instruction provided outside the territory of the Member States
(1) By way of derogation from paragraph (a)(1), in the case of flight instruction provided during a training course approved in accordance with this Annex (Part-SFCL) outside the territory for which Member States are responsible under the Chicago Convention, the competent authority shall issue a flight instructor certificate to an applicant who holds a sailplane pilot licence that is compliant with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, provided that the applicant:
(i) holds at least a licence including, where relevant, privileges, ratings or certificates equivalent to those for which he or she is authorised to instruct;
(ii) complies with the requirements established in this Subpart for the issue of the FI(S) certificate with the relevant instructional privileges;
(iii) demonstrates to the competent authority an adequate level of knowledge of European aviation safety rules to be able to exercise his or her instructional privileges in accordance with this Annex.
(2) The certificate shall be limited to the provision of flight instruction:
(i) outside the territory for which Member States are responsible under the Chicago Convention;
(ii) to a student pilot who has sufficient knowledge of the language in
which flight instruction is provided.
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