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Article 1

United Kingdom

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Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    after Article 4a, the following Article 4b is inserted:

    ‘Upset prevention and recovery training

    Article 4b
    1.

    Upset prevention and recovery training shall become a mandatory part of a training course for a multi-crew pilot licence (MPL), an integrated training course for airline transport pilots for aeroplanes (ATP(A)), a training course for a commercial pilot licence for aeroplanes (CPL(A)) and training courses for a class or type rating for:

    (a)

    single-pilot aeroplanes operated in multi-pilot operations;

    (b)

    single-pilot non-high-performance complex aeroplanes;

    (c)

    single-pilot high-performance complex aeroplanes; or

    (d)

    multi-pilot aeroplanes;

    in accordance with Annex I (Part-FCL).

    2.

    For training courses referred to in paragraph 1 that commence before 20 December 2019 at an approved training organisation (ATO), upset prevention and recovery training shall not be mandatory provided that:

    (a)

    CPL(A), ATP(A) or MPL training course is otherwise completed in accordance with Annex I (Part-FCL) and the skill test is completed in compliance with points FCL.320 (CPL), FCL.620 (IR) or FCL.415.A (MPL) of Annex I (Part-FCL) by 20 December 2021 at the latest; or

    (b)

    class or type rating training course for the aeroplanes is otherwise completed in accordance with Annex I (Part-FCL) and the skill test is completed in compliance with the second subparagraph of paragraph (c) of point FCL.725 of Annex I (Part-FCL) to this Regulation by 20 December 2021 at the latest.

    For the purpose of paragraph 1, the competent authority may on its own assessment and pursuant to a recommendation from an ATO give credit for any upset prevention and recovery training completed before 20 December 2019 under national training requirements.’;

  2. (2)

    in Article 12, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

    ‘4.

    By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide not to apply the provisions of this Regulation until 20 June 2020, to pilots holding a licence and associated medical certificate issued by a third country involved in the non-commercial operation of aircraft as specified in Article 2(1)(b), points (i) or (ii), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139. Member States shall make those decisions publicly available.’;

  3. (3)

    Article 12, paragraph 8, is replaced by the following:

    ‘8.

    By way of derogation from paragraph 1, point FCL.315.A, the second sentence of paragraph (a) of point FCL.410.A and paragraph (c) of point FCL.725.A of Annex I (Part-FCL) shall apply from 20 December 2019.’;

  4. (4)

    Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.