FCL.720.PL Experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of type ratings – powered-lift aircraft

Unless otherwise determined in the operational suitability data established in accordance with Part-21, an applicant for the first issue of a powered-lift type rating shall comply with the following experience requirements and prerequisites:

(a)for pilots of aeroplanes:

(1)hold a CPL/IR(A) with ATPL theoretical knowledge or an ATPL(A);

(2)hold a certificate of completion of an MCC course;

(3)have completed more than 100 hours as pilot on multi-pilot aeroplanes;

(4)have completed 40 hours of flight instruction in helicopters;

(b)for pilots of helicopters:

(1)hold a CPL/IR(H) with ATPL theoretical knowledge or an ATPL/IR(H);

(2)hold a certificate of completion of an MCC course;

(3)have completed more than 100 hours as a pilot on multi-pilot helicopters;

(4)have completed 40 hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes;

(c)for pilots qualified to fly both aeroplanes and helicopters:

(1)hold at least a CPL(H);

(2)hold an IR and ATPL theoretical knowledge or an ATPL in either aeroplanes or helicopters;

(3)hold a certificate of completion of an MCC course in either helicopters or aeroplanes;

(4)have completed at least 100 hours as a pilot on multi-pilot helicopters or aeroplanes;

(5)have completed 40 hours of flight instruction in aeroplanes or helicopters, as applicable, if the pilot has no experience as ATPL or on multi-pilot aircraft.