Revalidating SEP & TMG Ratings

 

This page applies TODAY to:

·        UK FCL PPL

·        UK PPL

·        NPPL

From 1st October 2026 it will also apply to the LAPL(A).

 

FCL.740.A Revalidation of class and type ratings – aeroplanes

a)     …

b)     Revalidation of single-pilot single-engine class ratings.

(1)  Single-engine piston aeroplane class ratings and TMG class ratings. For the revalidation of single-pilot single-engine piston aeroplane class ratings or TMG class ratings, the applicants shall:

(i)    within the 3 months preceding the expiry date of the rating, pass a proficiency check in the relevant class in accordance with Appendix 9 to this Part with an examiner; or

(ii)  within the validity period of the rating as set out in FCL.740(a), complete 12 hours of flight time in the relevant class, including:

-         6 hours during the 12 months preceding the expiry date of the rating,

-         6 hours as PIC,

-         12 take-offs and 12 landings, and

-         refresher training of at least 1 hour of total flight time with a flight instructor (FI) or a class rating instructor (CRI). Applicants shall be exempted from this refresher training if they have passed a class or type rating proficiency check, skill test or assessment of competence in any other class or type of aeroplane.

(2)  When applicants hold both a single-engine piston aeroplane-land class rating and a TMG rating, they may complete the requirements of (1) in either class or a combination thereof, and achieve revalidation of both ratings.

(3)  …

(4)  …

(5)  …

c)     Applicants who fail to achieve a pass in all sections of a proficiency check before the expiry date of a class or type rating shall not exercise the privileges of that rating until a pass in the proficiency check has been achieved.

 

For information on the “refresher training” content see:

·        GM2 FCL.740.A: Topics to be included

·        AMC1 FCL.740.A(b)(1)(ii) : Conduct of the training flight

 

Notes:

·        On an NPPL:

o   SSEA is now deemed to be an SEP

o   SLMG is now deemed to be a TMG

·        Signatures on Licence:

o   Instructor with FCL.945 can ONLY sign a UK FCL PPL

o   Examiner is required for: UK PPL, LAPL (after 1/10/2026) and NPPL