Instructor Courses

Pre-Course Entry Requirements

An applicant for an FI certificate shall:

• Be at least 18 years of age;
• Hold a valid medical certificate issued in accordance with Part-MED;
• 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;
• Have completed 20 hours of VFR cross-country flight on the appropriate aircraft category as PIC;
• Hold at least a CPL(A); or
• Hold at least a PPL(A) and have:
• 1. Met the requirements for CPL theoretical knowledge, except for an FI(A) providing training for the LAPL(A) only, and*
  2. Completed at least 200 hours of flight time on aeroplanes or TMGs, of which 150 hours as PIC;
• 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);
• 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.
• Examinations successfully completed for ATPL or CPL shall be accepted and the validity period of FCL.025(c)(1)(ii) shall not apply.