FCL.740.A Revalidation of class and type ratings – aeroplanes
Regulation (EU) 2020/359
(a) Revalidation of multi-engine
class ratings and type ratings. For revalidation of multi-engine
class ratings and type ratings, the applicant shall:
(1)
pass a proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to this
Part in the relevant class or type of aeroplane or an FSTD
representing that
class
or type, within the 3 months immediately preceding the expiry date
of the rating; and
(2)
complete during the period of validity of the rating, at least:
(i) 10
route sectors as pilot of the relevant class or type of aeroplane;
or
(ii) 1
route sector as pilot of the relevant class or type of aeroplane
or FFS, flown with an examiner. This route sector may be flown
during
the
proficiency check.
(3) A pilot
working for a commercial air transport operator approved in
accordance with the applicable air operations requirements who has
passed
the
operators proficiency check combined with the proficiency check
for the revalidation of the class or type rating shall be exempted
from
complying
with the requirement in (2).
(4)
The revalidation of a BIR or an IR(A), if held, may be combined
with a proficiency check for the revalidation of a class or type
rating.
(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 12 months preceding the expiry date of the rating, complete 12
hours of flight time in the relevant class, including:
—
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)
Single-pilot single-engine turbo-prop aeroplanes. For revalidation
of single-engine turboprop class ratings applicants shall pass a
proficiency
check
on the relevant class in accordance with Appendix 9 to this Part
with an examiner, within the 3 months preceding the expiry date of
the
rating.
(4) When applicants hold both
a single-engine piston aeroplane-land class rating and a
single-engine piston aeroplane-sea class rating, they may
complete
the requirements of (1)(ii) in either class or a combination
thereof, and achieve the fulfilment of these requirements for both
ratings.
At
least 1 hour of required PIC time and 6 of the required 12
take-offs and landings shall be completed in each class.
(5)
The proficiency check for the revalidation of a single-pilot
single-engine aeroplane class rating may be combined with the
proficiency check for
the
revalidation of a BIR, in accordance with point FCL.835(g)(8).
(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.
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