Division FCL.915.FI FI — Prerequisites

An applicant for an FI certificate shall:

1. (a)

   in the case of the FI(A) and FI(H):

   1. (1)

      have received at least 10 hours of instrument flight instruction on the appropriate aircraft category, of which not more than 5 hours may be instrument ground time in an FSTD;

   2. (2)

      have completed 20 hours of VFR cross-country flight on the appropriate aircraft category as PIC; and

2. (b)

   additionally, for the FI(A):

   1. (1)

      hold at least a CPL(A); or

   2. (2)

      hold at least a PPL(A) and have:

      1. (i)

         F1except for an FI(A) providing training for the LAPL(A) only, passed the CPL theoretical knowledge examination, which may be taken without completing a CPL theoretical knowledge training course and which shall not be valid for the issue of a CPL; and

      2. (ii)

         completed at least 200 hours of flight time on aeroplanes or TMGs, of which 150 hours as PIC;

   3. (3)

      have completed at least 30 hours on single-engine piston powered aeroplanes of which at least 5 hours shall have been completed during the 6 months preceding the pre-entry flight test set out in FCL.930.FI(a);

   4. (4)

      have completed a VFR cross-country flight as PIC, including a flight of at least 540 km (300 NM) in the course of which full stop landings at 2 different aerodromes shall be made;

3. (c)

   additionally, for the FI(H), have completed 250 hours total flight time as pilot on helicopters of which:

   1. (1)

      at least 100 hours shall be as PIC, if the applicant holds at least a CPL(H); or

   2. (2)

      at least 200 hours as PIC if the applicant holds at least a PPL(H) and has passed the CPL theoretical knowledge examination, which may be taken without completing a CPL theoretical knowledge training course and which shall not be valid for the issue of a CPL;

4. (d)

   for an FI(As), have completed 500 hours of flight time on airships as PIC, of which 400 hours shall be as PIC holding a CPL(As);

5. (e)

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6. (f)