AMC & GM to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 — Issue 1, Amendment 2

Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 — Issue 1, Amendment 2

Annex to ED Decision 2025/011/R ‘AMC & GM to Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 — Issue 1, Amendment 2’

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AMC1 Article 4f(2) and (3)

TYPE RATING COURSES — VTOL-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT (VCA)

(a) General The means for compliance demonstration established for the design and the provision of helicopter type rating training courses, as contained in AMC3 ORA.ATO.125 of ED Decision 2012/007/R , should be followed when designing and providing type rating training courses for VTOL-capable aircraft (VCA). (b) Theoretical knowledge instruction and examination Unless otherwise specified in the operational suitability data (OSD) established in accordance with Annex I (Part 21) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, the theoretical knowledge instruction and examination for VCA should follow the syllabi contained in AMC1 FCL.725(a) from which topics should be selected, modified and complemented, as applicable, for the relevant type of VCA. Particularly, all the following should be appropriately addressed: (1) engine and propulsion system of the VCA; (2) general knowledge about U-space airspace.

GM1 Article 4f(3)(a)(i)

According to Article 4f(3)(a)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 , the VCA type rating training should comply with the requirements of Section A of Appendix 9 to Annex I (Part-FCL). Inter alia, this means that the general principles for the use of FSTDs for the training, testing and checking for single-pilot aircraft (Appendix 9, Section A, point (1c)) apply.

AMC1 Article 4f(8)(a)

INSTRUCTOR REFRESHER TRAINING FOR VTOL-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT (VCA) TYPE RATING INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVILEGES

(a) If applicants for the revalidation of an instructor certificate referred to in Article 4f(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 wish to revalidate instructor privileges for VCA as per Article 4f(8), they should complete the instructor refresher training in the form of a seminar. (b) If applicants for the renewal of an instructor certificate referred to in Article 4f(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 wish to renew instructor privileges for VCA as per Article 4f(8), they should complete the instructor refresher training following an individual training programme that is established by an ATO, after that ATO has determined on a case-by-case basis the amount of refresher training needed, based on an assessment of the applicant. Such individual training programmes should be based on the content of the training referred to in Article 4f(7)(c).