Division FCL.510.H ATPL(H) — Prerequisites, experience and crediting

Applicants for an ATPL(H) shall:

1. (a)

   F1hold a CPL(H);

2. (aa)

   have received instruction in MCC in accordance with point FCL.735.H;

3. (b)

   have completed as a pilot of helicopters a minimum of 1 000 hours of flight time including at least:

   1. (1)

      350 hours in multi-pilot helicopters;

   2. (2)
      1. (i)

         250 hours as PIC; or

      2. (ii)

         100 hours as PIC and 150 hours as PIC under supervision; or

      3. (iii)

         250 hours as PIC under supervision in multi-pilot helicopters. In this case, the ATPL(H) privileges shall be limited to multi-pilot operations only, until 100 hours as PIC have been completed;

   3. (3)

      200 hours of cross-country flight time of which at least 100 hours shall be as PIC or as PIC under supervision;

   4. (4)

      30 hours of instrument time of which not more than 10 hours may be instrument ground time; and

   5. (5)

      100 hours of night flight as PIC or as co-pilot.

   Of the 1 000 hours, a maximum of 100 hours may have been completed in an FSTD, of which not more than 25 hours may be completed in an FNPT.

4. (c)

   Flight time in aeroplanes shall be credited up to 50 % against the flight time requirements of paragraph (b).

5. (d)

   The experience required in (b) shall be completed before the skill test for the ATPL(H) is taken.

6. (e)

   F2The instruction requirement at point (aa) may as an alternative be met by ATPL(H) applicants:

   1. (1)

      demonstrating compliance with point FCL.720.H(a)(2)(ii); and

   2. (2)

      receiving training at an ATO and successfully completing a training course which meets the requirements set out at point FCL.735.H.