SUBPART C – PRIVATE PILOT LICENCE (PPL)
SECTION 1 – COMMON REQUIREMENTS
FCL.200 Minimum age
Regulation (EU) 2020/359
Applicants for a PPL shall be at least 17 years old.
FCL.205 Conditions
Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011
Applicants for the issue of a PPL shall have fulfilled the requirements for the class or type rating for the aircraft used in the skill test, as established in Subpart H.
FCL.210 Training course
Regulation (EU) 2020/359
(a) Applicants for a PPL shall complete a training course at an ATO or a DTO.
(b) The course shall include theoretical knowledge and flight instruction appropriate to the privileges of the PPL applied for.
(c) Theoretical knowledge instruction and flight instruction may be completed at a DTO or at an ATO different from the one where applicants have commenced their training.
FCL.215 Theoretical knowledge examination
Regulation (EU) 2020/359
Applicants for a PPL shall demonstrate a level of theoretical knowledge appropriate to the privileges granted through examinations in the following subjects:
(a) common subjects:
— Air law,
— Human performance,
— Meteorology,
— Communications, and
— Navigation.
(b) specific subjects concerning the different aircraft categories:
— Principles of flight,
— Operational procedures,
— Flight performance and planning, and
— Aircraft general knowledge.
FCL.235 Skill test
Regulation (EU) 2020/359
(a) Through the completion of a skill test, applicants for a PPL shall demonstrate the ability to perform as PIC on the appropriate aircraft category, their knowledge of relevant procedures and manoeuvres with the competency appropriate to the privileges granted.
(b) Applicants for the skill test shall have received flight instruction on the same class or type of aircraft to be used for the skill test.
(c) Pass marks
(1) The skill test shall be divided into different sections, representing all the different phases of flight appropriate to the category of aircraft flown.
(2) Failure in any item of a section will cause the applicant to fail the entire section. If the applicant fails only 1 section, he/she shall repeat only that section. Failure in more than 1 section will cause the applicant to fail the entire test.
(3) When the test needs to be repeated in accordance with (2), failure in any section, including those that have been passed on a previous attempt, will cause the applicant to fail the entire test.
(4) Failure to achieve a pass in all sections of the test in 2 attempts will require further training.