FCL.915.STI STI – Prerequisites

(a)Applicants for the issue of an STI certificate shall:

(1)hold, or have held within the 3 years prior to the application, a pilot licence and instructional privileges appropriate to the courses on which instruction is intended;

(2)have completed in an FSTD the relevant proficiency check for the class or type rating, in the period of 12 months immediately preceding the application. Applicants for the issue of an STI(A) wishing to instruct on BITDs only, shall complete the exercises appropriate for a skill test for the issue of a PPL(A) only;

(b)Additionally to the requirements laid down in point (a), applicants for the issue of an STI(H) certificate shall have completed at least 1 hour of flight time as an observer on the flight deck of the applicable type of helicopter, in the period of 12 months immediately preceding the application.