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DTO.GEN.230 DTO training programme

ANNEX VIII (Part-DTO) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

IRImplementing rule

DTO.GEN.230DTO training programme

(a)A DTO shall establish a training programme for each of the trainings specified in point DTO.GEN.110 which the DTO provides.

(b)The training programmes shall comply with the requirements of Annex I (Part-FCL), Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 and Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976, as applicable.

(c)A DTO shall be entitled to provide the training referred to in point DTO.GEN.110(b) only when its training programme for that training, and any changes thereto, have been issued by the competent authority, upon application by the DTO, with an approval in accordance with point ARA.DTO.110, confirming that the training programme and any changes thereto comply with the requirements of Annex I (Part-FCL), Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 and Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976, as applicable. A DTO shall apply for such approval through the submission of its declaration in accordance with point DTO.GEN.115.

(d)Point (c) shall not apply to an organisation also holding an approval issued in accordance with Subpart ATO of Annex VII (Part-ORA) that includes privileges for that training.

IR · DTO.GEN.230 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2020/359 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

AMCAcceptable means of compliance

AMC1 DTO.GEN.230DTO training programme

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(a)The DTO training programme should include at least the following information:

(1)the aim of the course;

(2)crediting of previous experience and pre-entry requirements (including appropriate procedures for students that wish to complete their training after having started at a different training organisation);

(3)a list of all air and FSTD exercises to be taught, including a description of the objective of each exercise;

(4)a syllabus summary;

(5)structure and content of the theoretical knowledge instruction;

(6)structure of the entire course and integration of theoretical knowledge instruction, FSTD and flight training;

(7)student progress checks for theoretical knowledge and flight training, as appropriate.

(b)When developing the training programme for a type rating course, in addition to complying with the mandatory training elements included in the operational suitability data (OSD), as established in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, the DTO should also follow any further recommendations (i.e. acceptable means of compliance (AMC)) contained therein.

AMC · AMC1 DTO.GEN.230 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2018/009/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

All rules in ANNEX III

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 25 Nov 2025, 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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