Frequently asked questions

The EASA Endorsement List is a document drawn up and published by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for both aeroplanes and helicopters; these lists constitute the aircraft class and type categorisations in accordance with FCL.010 (aircraft category, aeroplane class and aircraft type) and FCL.700 of Annex I (Part-FCL) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 of 3 November 2011 as well as GM1 FCL.700. These documents provide users with a consolidated overview of the established type rating designations and associated licence endorsements standardised across all Member States.

Since 13 February last, the annotations listed below have been grouped into a single SET LAND and/or SET SEA annotation, as appropriate.
 

No, whether specifically requested by the applicant or if the certificate is updated at revalidation or renewal, the new SET LAND and/or SET SEA nomenclatures shall be noted on the examiner certificate if one or both ratings are reflected on the licence with privileges to instruct in them.

No, the examiner privileges appropriate to the type of certificate may continue to be exercised in the variants covered by the rating endorsement on their examiner certificate, provided that in order to act as an examiner it is necessary to be able to instruct and be qualified to act as PIC for the relevant variant.

By being annotated as a single rating, either SET LAND or SET SEA, the examiner is extending the validity period of all variants contained therein when revalidating the rating.

Whether or not the pilot may exercise them in such variants shall be verified by the person concerned by verifying that he/she complies with the requirements set out in FCL.710.
 

It should be noted that until existing licences are updated with the new SET LAND and/or SET SEA nomenclature, the revalidation certificates submitted by examinees will continue to show the original ratings.

Similarly, you may not yet have your examiner's licence and certificate updated to the new nomenclature.

Therefore, and given that the examiner privileges are maintained, regardless of whether the examiner certificate and/or the certificate of revalidations are updated with the new nomenclature or maintain the old nomenclature, the extension of the examinee's period of validity may be noted, provided that the provisions of FCL.740.A(a) are complied with.
 

It is the responsibility of the examiner to check in which variants the student or pilot is qualified and, accordingly, to conduct the test in those variants in which the examiner is an instructor; i.e. examiners may only act as an instructor in those variants for which they are an instructor.

As stated in regulation point FCL.1000(a), examiners shall exercise privileges in those variants in which they are able to instruct; taking into account familiarisation training and differences in applicable cases.

The validity date of your SET LAND and/or SET SEA examiner certificate will be the same as the one currently on your certificate.

To practice in the rest of the variants covered by the SET rating, you will need to check that you meet the requirements set out in the FCL.915 b).