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Article 9aa Flight crew requirements for maintenance check flights

Cover regulation · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

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Article 9aaFlight crew requirements for maintenance check flights

A pilot having acted, before 25 September 2019, as a pilot-in-command on a maintenance check flight that in accordance with the definition in point SPO.SPEC.MCF.100 in Annex VIII is categorised as a Level A maintenance check flight, shall be given credit for the purpose of complying with point SPO.SPEC.MCF.115(a)(1) of that Annex. In that case, the operator shall ensure that the pilot-in-command receives a briefing on any differences identified between the operating practices established before 25 September 2019 and the obligations provided in Section 5 of Subpart E of Annex VIII to this Regulation including those derived from the related procedures established by the operator.

IR · Article 9aa — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2019/1387 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

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Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.

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