- Shall be at least 18 years of age.
An applicant for the initial issue of an SFI (MPA) certificate shall:
- Hold or have held a CPL, MPL or ATPL in the applicable aircraft category.
- Have completed a full type rating course excluding the Aircraft Training part.
- Have passed the proficiency check for the issue of the specific aircraft type rating in an FFS representing the applicable type, within the 12 months preceding the application.
- Have at least 1,500 hours flight time as a pilot on multi-pilot aeroplanes.
- Completed, as a pilot or as an observer, within the 12 months preceding the application, at least: 3 route sectors on the flight deck of the applicable aircraft type OR 2 line-oriented flight training-based simulator sessions conducted by qualified flight crew on the flight deck of the applicable type.
These simulator sessions shall include 2 flights of at least 2 hours each between 2 different aerodromes, and the associated pre-flight planning and de-briefing.
An applicant for the initial issue of a TRI (MPA) certificate shall:
- Hold a CPL, MPL or ATPL pilot licence on the applicable aircraft category.
- Have completed 1,500 hours flight time as a pilot on multi-pilot aeroplanes.
- Have completed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application, 30 route sectors, including take-offs and landings, as pilot-in-command OR co-pilot on the applicable aeroplane type, of which 15 sectors may be completed in an FFS representing that type