# Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 of 3 November 2011 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division FCL.905.FI: FI — Privileges and conditions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The privileges of FIs are to conduct flight instruction for the issue, revalidation or renewal of:
(a)a PPL and LAPL in the appropriate aircraft category;
(b)class and type ratings for single-pilot aircraft, except for single-pilot high-performance complex aeroplanes;
(c)class and type ratings for single-pilot aeroplanes, except for single-pilot high-performance complex aeroplanes, in multi-pilot operations, provided that FIs meet any of the following conditions:
(1)hold or have held a TRI certificate for multi-pilot aeroplanes;
(2)have completed all of the following:
(i)at least 500 hours as pilots in multi-pilot operations on aeroplanes;
(ii)the training course for an MCCI in accordance with point FCL.930.MCCI;
(d)type ratings for single or multi-pilot airships;
(e)a CPL in the appropriate aircraft category, provided that FIs have completed at least 200 hours of flight instruction in that aircraft category;
(f)the night rating, provided that FIs meet all of the following conditions:
(1)are qualified to fly at night in the appropriate aircraft category;
(2)have demonstrated the ability to instruct at night to an FI qualified in accordance with point (j);
(3)comply with the night experience requirement laid down in point FCL.060(b)(2);
(g)a towing or aerobatic rating, provided that such privileges are held and the FI has demonstrated the ability to instruct for that rating to an FI who is qualified in accordance with point (j);
(h)an EIR or IR in the appropriate aircraft category, provided that FIs meet all of the following conditions:
(1)have completed at least 200 hours of flight time under IFR, of which a maximum of 50 hours may be instrument ground time in an FFS, an FTD 2/3 or an FNPT II;
(2)completed as student pilots the IRI training course and have passed an assessment of competence for the IRI certificate;
(3)comply with points FCL.915.CRI(a), FCL.930.CRI and FCL.935 in the case of multi-engine aeroplanes and with points FCL.910.TRI(c)(1) and FCL.915.TRI(d)(2) in the case of multi-engine helicopters;
(i)single-pilot multi-engine class or type ratings, except for single-pilot high-performance complex aeroplanes, provided that they meet the following conditions:
(1)in the case of aeroplanes, comply with points FCL.915.CRI(a), FCL.930.CRI and FCL.935;
(2)in the case of helicopters, comply with points FCL.910.TRI(c)(1) and FCL.915.TRI(d)(2);
(j)an FI, an IRI, a CRI, an STI or an MI certificate provided that they meet all of the following conditions:
(1)they have completed at least 500 hours of flight instruction in the appropriate aircraft category;
(2)they have passed an assessment of competence in accordance with point FCL.935 in the appropriate aircraft category to demonstrate to a flight instructor examiner (FIE) the ability to instruct for the relevant certificate;
(k)an MPL, provided that the FIs meet all of the following conditions:
(1)for the core flying phase of the training, have completed at least 500 hours of flight time as a pilot of aeroplanes, including at least 200 hours of flight instruction;
(2)for the basic phase of the training:
(i)hold a multi-engine aeroplane IR and the privilege to instruct for an IR;
(ii)have completed at least 1 500 hours of flight time in multi-crew operations;
(3)in the case of FIs already qualified to instruct on ATP(A) or CPL(A)/IR integrated courses, the requirement in point (2)(ii) may be replaced by the completion of a structured course of training consisting of:
(i)MCC qualification;
(ii)observation of five sessions of flight instruction in Phase 3 of an MPL course;
(iii)observation of five sessions of flight instruction in Phase 4 of an MPL course;
(iv)observation of five operator recurrent line-oriented flight training sessions;
(v)the content of the MCCI course.
In this case, FIs shall conduct their first five instructor sessions under the supervision of a TRI(A), an MCCI(A) or an SFI(A) qualified for MPL flight instruction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1178/annex/I/division/SUBPART+J/section/2/division/FCL.905.FI (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1178/annex-I/division-SUBPART+J/section-2/division-FCL.905.FI
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