The Air Navigation Order 2016

PART 3 U.K. Maintenance of Licence Privileges

CHAPTER 1 U.K. Requirement for revalidation and renewal

Validity, revalidation and renewal of certificates and ratings U.K.

1.—(1) The ratings and certificates listed in column 1 of the following tables—

(a) have the validity listed in the corresponding entry in column 2;

(b) are revalidated in accordance with the corresponding entry in column 3; and

(c) are renewed in accordance with the corresponding entry in column 4.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(a)—

(a) ratings and certificates are valid from the date of issue until the end of the period specified in column 2 after the end of the month in which the rating or certificate was issued;

[F1 (b) as regards revalidation the rating and certificate are valid from the end of the period in paragraph (a) for the period specified in column 2—

(i) in relation to any rating or certificate that may be revalidated by meeting flight or instruction experience requirements, provided those experience requirements have been met; or

(ii) subject to sub-paragraph (2A), in relation to any other rating or certificate, provided that the rating or certificate is revalidated within the period of three months preceding the end of the period in paragraph (a); and]

(c) as regards renewal, the new rating or certificate is valid from the date of issue until the end of the period specified in column 2 after the end of the month in which the rating or certificate was renewed.

[F2 (2A) Where a rating or certificate is revalidated by a proficiency check prior to the last 3 months of the period specified in column 2, the period specified in column 2 commences from the end of the month in which the revalidation occurred.]

(3) For the purposes of paragraphs 1(1)(b) and (c), a reference in the following tables to—

(a) a paragraph of Part-FCL is a reference to the applicant needing to complete the requirements specified in that paragraph; and

(b) completing training or passing a proficiency check are references to the applicant needing to take the specified action.

Table 1

Ratings for Aeroplanes

Column 1Rating	Column 2Validity	Column 3Revalidation	Column 4Renewal
Single-engine piston (SEP) class rating (land), TMG and SLMG rating	24 months	FCL.740.A (b)(1) and (4) of Part-FCL, provided a SEP aeroplane with three axis control system is used. Where both a SEP (land) and a TMG or SLMG rating are held, the requirements may be completed in either class and achieve revalidation of both ratings.	(a) complete such training as the CAA may require; and (b) pass the appropriate proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to Part-FCL.
Single-engine piston (SEP) class rating (sea)	24 months	FCL.740.A (b)(1) and (4) of Part-FCL, provided a SEP aeroplane with three axis control system is used.	(a) complete such training as the CAA may require; and (b) pass the appropriate proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to Part-FCL.
Single-engine turbo-prop (SET) aeroplanes class rating	24 months	FCL.740.A (b)(3) of Part-FCL.	(a) complete such training as the CAA may require; and (b) pass the appropriate proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to Part-FCL.
Multi-engine piston (MEP) class rating	12 months	FCL.740.A (a) of Part-FCL.	(a) complete such training as the CAA may require; and (b) pass the appropriate proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to Part-FCL.
Any type rating	12 months	FCL.740.A (a) of Part-FCL.	(a) complete such training as the CAA may require; and (b) pass the appropriate proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to Part-FCL.

Table 2

Ratings for Helicopters

Column 1Rating	Column 2Validity	Column 3Revalidation	Column 4Renewal
Any type rating	12 months	FCL 740.H (a) of Part-FCL.	(a) complete such training as the CAA may require; and (b) pass the appropriate proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to Part-FCL.

Table 3

Ratings for Gyroplanes

Column 1Rating	Column 2Validity	Column 3Revalidation	Column 4Renewal
Any single engine class rating	24 months	(a) 12 hours flight time in the relevant class within the 12 months preceding the expiry of the rating, including— (i) 6 hours as pilot in command; (ii) 12 take-offs and landings; and (iii) a one-hour flight with the holder of a Flight Instructor certificate (Gyroplanes); or (b) complete such proficiency check as the CAA may require.	Complete such training and pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.

Table 4

Ratings for Private Pilot's Licence (Balloons and Airships)

Column 1Rating	Column 2Validity	Column 3Revalidation	Column 4Renewal
Any rating	Valid provided that, within the 13 months preceding the date of the flight, the holder has flown as pilot in command of at least five flights, each of not less than five minutes in duration, in any type of balloon or airship for which the holder is qualified.	None	(a) complete such flights in accordance with article 142 so as to meet the requirement in column 2; or (b) complete such training and pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.

Table 5

Ratings for Commercial Pilot's Licence (Balloons)

Column 1Rating	Column 2Validity	Column 3Revalidation	Column 4Renewal
Any rating, where used in connection with public transport	13 months	Pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.	Complete such training and pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.
Any rating, where used in connection with commercial operation	13 months	Have such flight experience as the CAA may require.	Complete such training and pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.

Table 6

Ratings for Commercial Pilot's Licence (Airships)

Column 1Rating	Column 2Validity	Column 3Revalidation	Column 4Renewal
Any rating	12 months	FCL.740.As (a) of Part-FCL.	(a) complete such training as the CAA may require; and (b) pass the appropriate proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to Part-FCL.

Table 7

Ratings for Flight Engineers and Flight Navigator's Licence

Column 1Rating	Column 2Validity	Column 3Revalidation	Column 4Renewal
Any rating for Flight Navigator's Licence	13 months	(a) complete the appropriate proficiency check; and (b) have such experience as the CAA may require.	Complete such training and pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.
Flight engineer type rating	12 months	Pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.	Complete such training and pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.

Table 8

Instrument and instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) ratings

Column 1Rating	Column 2Validity	Column 3Revalidation	Column 4Renewal
Instrument rating (aeroplane)	12 months	FCL.625.A of Part-FCL.	FCL.625 (c) and (d) of Part-FCL.
Instrument rating (helicopter)	12 months	FCL.625.H of Part-FCL.	FCL.625 (c) and (d) of Part-FCL.
Instrument meteorological conditions rating (aeroplanes)	25 months	Pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.	Complete such training and pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.

Table 9

Instructor certificates

Column 1Rating	Column 2Validity	Column 3Revalidation	Column 4Renewal
Fight instructor certificate (aeroplanes)	36 months	FCL.940.FI (a) and (b) of Part-FCL.	FCL.940.FI (c) of Part-FCL.
Flight instructor certificate (helicopters)	36 months	FCL.940.FI (a) and (b) of Part-FCL.	FCL.940.FI (c) of Part-FCL.
Flight instructor certificate (gyroplanes)	36 months	Pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.	Complete such training and pass such proficiency check as the CAA may require.
Type rating instructor certificate (multi-pilot aeroplane)	36 months	FCL.940.TRI (a) of Part-FCL.	FCL.940.TRI (b) of Part-FCL.
Type rating instructor certificate (helicopter)	36 months	FCL.940.TRI (a) of Part-FCL.	FCL.940.TRI (b) of Part-FCL.
Class rating instructor certificate (single-pilot aeroplane)	36 months	FCL.940.CRI (a) and (b) of Part-FCL.	FCL.940.CRI (c) of Part-FCL.
Instrument rating instructor certificate (aeroplane)	36 months	FCL.940.IRI of Part-FCL.	FCL.940.IRI of Part-FCL.
Instrument rating instructor certificate (helicopter)	36 months	FCL.940.IRI of Part-FCL.	FCL.940.IRI of Part-FCL.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 8 Pt. 3 para. 1(2)(b) substituted (14.12.2017) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1112), arts. 1, 46(1)(a)

F2 Sch. 8 Pt. 3 para. 1(2A) inserted (14.12.2017) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1112), arts. 1, 46(1)(b)

Issue of certificate of revalidation U.K.

2.  Except in the case of holders of a Private Pilot's Licence (Balloons and Airships), a certificate of revalidation must be issued where any of the requirements for revalidation or renewal in the tables in paragraph 1 have been met.

Form of certificate of revalidation U.K.

3.  A certificate of revalidation must be signed by a person authorised by the CAA to sign certificates of this kind and certify—

(a) the functions to which the certificate relates;

(b) the date on which it was signed;

(c) that on the date on which the certificate was signed the relevant requirements for revalidation or renewal in the tables in paragraph 1 have been met;

(d) where the relevant requirements for revalidation or renewal in the tables in paragraph 1 involve—

(i) the gaining of experience, the type or types of aircraft in which the experience was gained;

(ii) the taking of a test or proficiency check, the type of aircraft or flight simulator in or by means of which the test was conducted.

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Requirement for a Certificate of Revalidation to maintain the validity of, or renew, a rating specified in Chapter 2 or 3 of Part 2

4.—(1) A certificate of revalidation required by article 157 for a SSEA class rating, a microlight class rating or a SLMG class rating must be signed by a person authorised by the CAA to sign certificates of this kind and certify— U.K.

(a) the rating to which the certificate relates;

(b) that on a specified date the holder has satisfied the relevant requirements for issue in accordance with Table A and Table B;

(c) the specified date; and

(d) the date on which the period of validity of the certificate expires in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).

Table A – Requirements for issue of a certificate of revalidation for an aeroplane class rating included in Chapter 2 of Part 2

	Circumstances	Requirements
1	On initial issue by the CAA	The holder of the licence has passed a NPPL General Skill Test with the authorised examiner signing the licence application form in an aeroplane of the class for which the certificate of revalidation is sought
2	There is a current valid certificate of revalidation for the rating	The holder of the licence has— (a) passed a NPPL General Skill Test with the authorised examiner signing the certificate in an aeroplane of the class for which the certificate of revalidation is sought; or (b) produced their personal flying log book to the authorised person signing the certificate and satisfied the authorised person that the holder satisfied the experience requirements specified in Table B
3	The last previous certificate of revalidation for the rating expired less than five years before the date on which the new certificate is to be signed	The holder of the licence has passed a NPPL General Skill Test with the authorised examiner signing the certificate in an aeroplane of the class for which the certificate of revalidation is sought
4	The last previous certificate of revalidation for the rating expired five years or more before the date on which the new certificate is to be signed	The holder of the licence has passed— (a) a NPPL General Skill Test with the authorised examiner signing the certificate in an aeroplane of the class for which the certificate of revalidation is sought; and (b) an oral theoretical knowledge examination conducted by the authorised examiner as part of the NPPL General Skill Test

Table B – Experience requirements for issue of certificate of revalidation in accordance with paragraph 2(b) of Table A

	Circumstances	Requirements
1	Where one aeroplane class rating is held	(a) The holder has, as a pilot, in an aeroplane specified in the aeroplane class rating and within the period of validity of the current certificate of revalidation for the rating—
			(i) flown at least 12 hours which includes at least 8 hours as pilot in command;
			(ii) completed at least 12 take-offs and 12 landings;
			(iii) subject to sub-paragraph (b), undertaken at least one hour of flying training with an instructor entitled to give instruction on aeroplanes of that class; and
			(iv) flown at least six hours in the 12 months preceding the specified date.
		(b) If the holder has not undertaken the flying training specified in paragraph 1(a)(iii) a certificate of revalidation may be issued but must be endorsed “single seat only”.
2	Where two or three aeroplane class ratings are held	(a) The holder has, as a pilot, within the period of validity of the current certificate of revalidation for each rating—
			(i) flown a total of at least 12 hours in an aeroplane coming within any of the aeroplane class ratings which are held which includes at least a total of eight hours as pilot in command;
			(ii) completed not less than 12 take-offs and 12 landings in an aeroplane coming within any of the aeroplane class ratings which are held;
			(iii) subject to sub-paragraph (b), in an aeroplane coming within each of the aeroplane class ratings which are to be revalidated, either—
				(aa) flown at least one hour as pilot in command; or
				(bb) undertaken at least one hour of flying training with an instructor entitled to give instruction on aeroplanes of that class;
			(iv) subject to sub-paragraph (b), undertaken at least one hour of flying training in aeroplanes coming within any of the aeroplane class ratings which are held, with instructors entitled to give instruction on aeroplanes of those classes; and
			(v) flown at least six hours in the 12 months preceding the specified date in an aeroplane coming within any of the aeroplane class ratings which are held.
		(b) If the holder has flown at least one hour as pilot in command as specified in paragraph 2(a)(iii)(aa) but has not undertaken the flying training specified in paragraph 2(a)(iv) a certificate of revalidation may be issued but must be endorsed “single seat only”.

(2) In the case of a certificate of revalidation for a class rating which is being issued on the basis of paragraph 1(b) of Table B, so that the holder of the licence has satisfied the experience requirements but without having had a flight with an instructor as part of that experience, the person signing the certificate must endorse the certificate “single seat only”.

(3) If the rating—

[F3 (a) has not expired, the new certificate is valid for 24 months from the end of the month which includes the expiry date of the existing certificate, except where the certificate is validated by a NPPL General Skill Test more than 3 months before the expiry date of the existing certificate, in which case the new certificate is valid for 24 months from the end of the month in which the test was taken;]

(b) has expired, the new certificate is valid for 24 months in addition to the remainder of the month in which the date of test falls.

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 8 Pt. 3 para. 4(3)(a) substituted (14.12.2017) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1112), arts. 1, 46(2)(a)

5.—(1) A certificate of revalidation required by article 157 for a flight instructor's certificate (SLMG), a flight instructor's certificate (microlight), or an flight instructor's certificate (restricted) (microlight) must be signed by a person authorised by the CAA to sign certificates of this kind and certify— U.K.

(a) the certificate to which the certificate of revalidation relates;

(b) that on a specified date the holder has passed an appropriate test of the holder's ability to exercise the privileges of the certificate;

(c) the specified date; and

(d) the date on which the period of validity of the certificate expires in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).

(2) If the rating—

[F4 (a) has not expired, the new certificate is valid for 36 months from the end of the month which includes the expiry date of the existing certificate, except where the test is taken more than 3 months before the expiry date of the existing certificate, in which case the new certificate is valid for 36 months from the end of the month in which the test was taken;]

(b) has expired, the new certificate is valid for 36 months in addition to the remainder of the month in which the date of test falls.

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 8 Pt. 3 para. 5(2)(a) substituted (14.12.2017) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1112), arts. 1, 46(2)(b)

6.—(1) A certificate of revalidation required by article 157 for a helicopter type rating must be signed by a person authorised by the CAA to sign certificates of this kind and certify— U.K.

(a) the rating to which the certificate relates;

(b) that on a specified date the holder has satisfied the requirements of paragraphs FCL.740 and FCL.740.H of Part-FCL;

(c) the specified date; and

(d) the date on which the period of validity of the certificate expires in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).

(2) If the rating—

[F5 (a) has not expired, the new certificate is valid for 12 months from the end of the month which includes the expiry date of the existing certificate, except where the test is taken more than 3 months before the expiry date of the existing certificate, in which case the new certificate is valid for 12 months from the end of the month in which the test was taken;]

(b) has expired, the new certificate is valid for 12 months in addition to the remainder of the month in which the date of test falls.

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 8 Pt. 3 para. 6(2)(a) substituted (14.12.2017) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1112), arts. 1, 46(2)(c)