FCL.140.A LAPL(A) – Recency requirements

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

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FCL.140.ALAPL(A) – Recency requirements

(a)Holders of a LAPL(A) shall exercise the privileges of their licence only if in the last 2 years they have met any of the following conditions as pilots of aeroplanes or TMGs:

(1)they have completed at least 12 hours of flight time as PIC or flying dual or solo under the supervision of an instructor, including:

(i)12 take-offs and landings;

(ii)refresher training of at least 1 hour of total flight time with and to the satisfaction of an instructor who shall select those flight exercises that allow the applicant to refresh their competence in safely operating the aircraft and applying normal, abnormal and emergency procedures;

(2)they have passed a LAPL(A) proficiency check with an examiner. The proficiency check programme shall be based on the skill test for the LAPL(A);

(b)If holders of a LAPL(A) hold both a SEP(land) and a SEP(sea) privilege, they may comply with the requirements in point (a)(1) in either class or a combination thereof which shall be valid for both privileges. For this purpose, at least 1 hour of the required flight time and 6 out of the required 12 take-offs and landings shall be completed in each class.

(c)Holders of an LAPL(A) with privileges for SEP aeroplanes who, in accordance with point FCL.135.A(b), have extended their privileges to a variant with a different type of engine referred to in Article 2, point (8c), if they have not flown that variant within the preceding 2 years, shall complete any of the following in that variant, before exercising their privileges in that variant:

(1)further differences training in accordance with point FCL.135.A(b);

(2)a proficiency check;

(3)refresher training in accordance with point FCL.140.A(a)(1)(ii).

(d)The dual flights, flights under supervision referred to in the introductory phrase of point (a)(1), the refresher training referred to in point (a)(1)(ii) and point (c)(3) and the proficiency check referred to in point (a)(2) and point (c)(2) shall be entered in the pilot’s logbook or equivalent record and shall be signed by the instructor or examiner, as applicable.

IR · FCL.140.A — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2076 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

AMCAcceptable means of compliance

AMC1 FCL.140.A(a)(1)(ii)LAPL(A) — Recency requirements

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CONTENT OF THE REFRESHER TRAINING

(a)Before the flight training takes place, the instructor should hold a briefing with the candidate. That briefing should include a discussion on all of the following:

(1)TEM with special emphasis on decision-making when encountering adverse meteorological conditions or unintentional IMC;

(2)navigation flight techniques;

(3)exercises as specified in point (b), as applicable.

(b)Flight training items should be based on the exercise items of the proficiency check, as deemed relevant by the instructor, and depending on the experience of the candidate. In any case, the instructor should select scenarios from the following list and include the relevant recognition and recovery exercises in the flight training:

(1)clean stall;

(2)approach to stall in descending turn with bank with approach configuration and power;

(3)approach to stall in landing configuration and power;

(4)approach to stall, climbing turn with take-off flap and climb power; and

(5)simulated loss or partial loss of engine power during different phases of flight.

AMC · AMC1 FCL.140.A(a)(1)(ii) — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2025/002/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

AMCAcceptable means of compliance

AMC1 FCL.140.A(a)(2)LAPL(A) — Recency requirements

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The proficiency check should follow the content of the skill test that is set out in AMC1 FCL.125, point (e).

AMC · AMC1 FCL.140.A(a)(2) — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2025/002/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

GMGuidance material

GM1 FCL.140.ALAPL(A) — Recency requirements

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SAFETY AWARENESS BRIEFING BEFORE REFRESHER TRAINING OR PROFICIENCY CHECKS It is recommended that the pre-flight briefing before refresher training or a proficiency check in accordance with point FCL.140.A with the pilot, the instructor or examiner, as applicable, includes elements to raise the pilot’s safety awareness with regard to safely flying aeroplanes or TMGs (as applicable), as outlined in GM2 FCL.740.A.

GM · GM1 FCL.140.A — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2025/002/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

All rules in SUBPART B – LIGHT AIRCRAFT PILOT LICENCE – LAPL

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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