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ATPL Requirements

The document outlines the requirements to obtain an Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) for aeroplanes. It specifies that applicants must be at least 21 years old, hold other prerequisite licenses such as a CPL or MPL, and have completed a minimum of 1500 hours of flight experience including 500 hours of multi-pilot operations. The training course must be completed at an Approved Training Organization and includes theoretical knowledge examinations, 5 phases of flying training including instrument flight training, and demonstration of multi-crew cooperation skills.

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ATPL Requirements

The document outlines the requirements to obtain an Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) for aeroplanes. It specifies that applicants must be at least 21 years old, hold other prerequisite licenses such as a CPL or MPL, and have completed a minimum of 1500 hours of flight experience including 500 hours of multi-pilot operations. The training course must be completed at an Approved Training Organization and includes theoretical knowledge examinations, 5 phases of flying training including instrument flight training, and demonstration of multi-crew cooperation skills.

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AIRLINE

TRANSPORT PILOT LICENCE ATPL


FCL - SUBPART F

1) Common requirements
FCL.500 ATPL
2) Minimum age
Applicants for an ATPL shall be at least 21 years of age.
3) Prerequisites
FCL.510.A ATPL (A)
Applicants for an ATPL (A) shall hold:
a) an MPL; or a CPL(A) and a multi-engine IR for aeroplanes. In this case, the applicant shall also have
received instruction in MCC.
4) Experience
Applicants for an ATPL (A) shall have completed a minimum of 1 500 hours of flight time in aeroplanes,
including at least:
a) 500 hours in multi-pilot operations on aeroplanes;
b) 500 hours as PIC under supervision; or
(i) 250 hours as PIC; or 250 hours, including at least 70 hours as PIC, and the remaining as PIC
under supervision;
c) 200 hours of cross-country flight time of which at least 100 hours shall be as PIC or as PIC under
supervision;
d) 75 hours of instrument time of which not more than 30 hours may be instrument ground time; and
e) 100 hours of night flight as PIC or co-pilot.
f) Of the 1 500 hours of flight time, up to 100 hours of flight time may have been completed in an FFS
and FNPT. Of these 100 hours, only a maximum of 25 hours may be completed in an FNPT.
5) Crediting
a) Holders of a pilot license for other categories of aircraft shall be credited with flight time up to a
maximum of:
(i) for TMG or sailplanes, 30 hours flown as PIC;
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(ii) for helicopters, 50 % of all the flight time requirements of paragraph (b).
b) Holders of a GCAA flight engineer license shall be credited with 50 % of the flight engineer time up
to a maximum credit of 250 hours. These 250 hours may be credited against the 1500 hours
requirement of paragraph (a), and the 500 hours requirement of paragraph (b)(1), provided that the
total credit given against any of these paragraphs does not exceed 250 hours.
Note: The experience required shall be completed before the skill test for the ATPL (A) is taken.
6) Privileges
FCL.505 ATPL
a) The privileges of the holder of an ATPL are, within the appropriate aircraft category, to:
(i) Exercise all the privileges of the holder of an LAPL, a PPL and a CPL;
(ii) Act as PIC of aircraft engaged in commercial air transport.
b) Applicants for the issue of an ATPL shall have fulfilled the requirements for the type rating of the
aircraft used in the skill test.
7) Training course and theoretical knowledge examinations
FCL.515 ATPL
a) Course
Applicants for an ATPL shall have completed a training course at an Approved Training Organization
(ATO). The course shall be either an integrated training course or a modular course. The minimum time
is 750 Hours.
b) Examination
Applicants for an ATPL shall demonstrate a level of knowledge appropriate to the privileges granted in
the following subjects:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
(xi)
(xii)
(xiii)
(xiv)

Air Law
Meteorology
Aircraft General Knowledge (Airframe/Systems/Power plant)
General Navigation
Aircraft General Knowledge - Instrumentation
Radio Navigation
Mass and Balance
Operational Procedures
Performance
Principles of Flight
Flight Planning and Monitoring
VFR Communications
Human Performance
IFR Communications

8) Flying Training
The flying instruction is divided into five phases:
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a) Phase 1:
Exercises up to the first solo flight comprise a total of at least 10 hours dual flight instruction on an SE
aeroplane including:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)

pre-flight operations, mass and balance determination, aeroplane inspection and servicing;
aerodrome and traffic pattern operations, collision avoidance and precautions;
control of the aeroplane by external visual references;
normal take-offs and landings;
flight at critically low air speeds, recognition of recovery from incipient and full stalls, spin
avoidance;
(vi) unusual attitudes and simulated engine failure.
b) Phase 2:
Exercises up to the first solo cross-country flight comprise a total of at least 10 hours of dual flight
instruction and at least 10 hours solo flight including:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)

maximum performance (short field and obstacle clearance) takeoffs and short-field landings;
flight by reference solely to instruments, including the completion of a 180 turn;
crosswind take-offs and landings;
abnormal and emergency procedures and maneuvers, including simulated aeroplane equipment
malfunctions;
(v) operations to, from and transiting controlled aerodromes, compliance with ATS procedures, R/T
procedures and phraseology;
(vi) knowledge of meteorological briefing arrangements, evaluation of weather conditions for flight
and use of AIS.
c) Phase 3:
Exercises up to the VFR navigation progress test comprise a total of at least 5 hours of dual instruction
and at least 40 hours as PIC.
The dual instruction and testing up to the VFR navigation progress test should comprise:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)

repetition of exercises of phases 1 and 2;


VFR flight at relatively critical high air speeds, recognition of and recovery from spiral dives;
VFR navigation progress test conducted by an FI not connected with the applicants training;
night flight time including take-offs and landings as PIC.

d) Phase 4:
Exercises up to the instrument rating skill test comprise:
(i) at least 55 hours instrument flight, which may contain up to 25 hours of instrument ground
time in an FNPT I or up to 40 hours in an FNPT II or FFS which should be conducted by an FI or an
authorized SFI;
(ii) 20 hours instrument time flown as SPIC;
(iii) (pre-flight procedures for IFR flights, including the use of the flight manual and appropriate ATS
documents in the preparation of an IFR flight plan;
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(iv) procedures and man oeuvres for IFR operation under normal, abnormal and emergency
conditions covering at least:
a. transition from visual to instrument flight on take-off;
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

SIDs and arrivals;


en-route IFR procedures;
holding procedures;
instrument approaches to specified minima;
missed approach procedures;
landings from instrument approaches, including circling.

(v) in-flight maneuvers and specific flight characteristics;


(vi) operation of an ME aeroplane in the exercises of (iv), including operation of the aeroplane solely
by reference to instruments with one engine simulated inoperative, and engine shut- down and
restart (the latter training should be at a safe altitude unless carried out in an FSTD).
e) Phase 5:
(i) Instruction and testing in MCC comprise the relevant training requirements;
(ii) if a type rating for MP aeroplanes is not required on completion of this part, the applicant will
be provided with a certificate of course completion for MCC training.

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