Frequently asked questions

FI restricted SEP or SE-SP holders do not meet the requirements for enrollment in the initial CRE aircraft examiner standardization course. 

To be able to enroll in the course they must have the CRI annotation. 

The CRI annotation (SEP) may be requested if it meets the CRI prerequisites (FCL.915.CRI). 

Likewise, holders of CRI(A)SEP can extend CRI(A) SET LAND or SET SEA in accordance with the provisions of FCL.905.CRI (b)

The information on how to perform this process is in the FAQ I am FI RESTRICTED SEP and I fly a SET rating of which I want to be CRI do I have any credit in the training? How can I get the CRI SET?

The course of extending the privileges of a CRI to other classes or types consists of a training flight from the right seat under the supervision of another CRI or FI qualified for that class or type, occupying the other pilot seat. 

This flight must be duly recorded in the logbook. 

Holders of FI(A) with privileges in single engine class ratings (FI SE-SP) in accordance with FCL.915 shall, before carrying out the above instruction on an aircraft:

• hold the rating for which the flight instruction is offered; 
• have completed at least 15 hours of flight time as a pilot in the class or type of aircraft in which flight instruction is offered, of which a maximum of 7 hours may have been in an FSTD representing the class or type of aircraft, if applicable; or
• have passed a proficiency assessment for the relevant category of instructor in that class or type of aircraft;

Holders of FI RESTRICTED SEP or SE-SP certify that they have received instructional training in SEP and have carried out the competency assessment also in a SEP and therefore both requirements can be validated for the purposes of training and competency assessment in SEP to obtain the CRI(SEP). 
Being a FI RESTRICTED holder of SEP, the CRI (SEP) can be recorded if requested and meets the prerequisites of CRI (FCL.915.CRI) because the training and assessment of competence are already accredited in the FI RESTRICTED (SEP). 

FCL.915.CRI CRI - Prerequisites

The applicant for a CRI certificate shall have completed at least:

(…)

b) for single-engine aeroplanes:

1) 300 hours of flight time as a pilot on aeroplanes;

2) 30 hours as pilot-in-command in the applicable class or type of aeroplane.

Likewise, holders of CRI(A)SEP may extend CRI(A) SET LAND or SET SEA in accordance with the provisions of FCL.905.CRI (b): 
The privileges of a CRI are restricted to the class or type of aeroplane in which the instructor's proficiency assessment was conducted. The privileges of the CRI shall be extended to other classes or types when the CRI has completed, within the last 12 months: 
(1) 15 hours of flight time as PIC on aeroplanes of the applicable class or type of aeroplane;  
(2) a training flight from the right seat under the supervision of another CRI or FI qualified for that class or type, occupying the other pilot seat.

The new rating course must be taken at an approved ATO; From 13 February 2025 SET LAND and SET SEA are no longer variants of the same rating, but are now separate ratings with separate courses given at an ATO.

No, the initial training is received exclusively in one of the variants.

If, once the variant has been registered, you wish to practice in another variant, you must take the appropriate differences or familiarisation course and record this in the logbook.

You will need to complete the appropriate familiarisation or differences course and record it in your logbook.

He shall undertake the new rating course at an approved ATO. From 13 February 2025 SET LAND and SET SEA are no longer variants of the same rating, becoming separate ratings with separate courses taught at an ATO.

Whether the pilot can exercise privileges in all variants or not shall be known to the person concerned, who shall be responsible for verifying that he/she complies with the requirements of FCL.710(d).

No, for revalidation of the SET class rating it is only necessary to comply with the revalidation requirements of FCL.740.A(b)(3) in one of the variants.

The exercise of privileges on the remaining SET variants held shall be in accordance with FCL.710(d).

Depending on the particular situation of your licence there are two possible cases:

• Case 1: The person concerned holds only one of the ratings whose endorsement is being amended.  The date of validity of the SET LAND or SET SEA rating shall be the same as that currently held in the rating being amended.

In the case of being the holder of a rating that prior to 13/02/2025 had LAND and SEA variants, for the endorsement of the new SET LAND and/or SET SEA rating, flights in the variants to be endorsed must be accredited and, if so accredited, two endorsements will be obtained (SET LAND and SET SEA) with the validity date previously held.

• Case 2: The person concerned holds two or more of the ratings whose endorsement is being amended.

The date of validity of the SET LAND and/or SET SEA rating shall be the most valid date with respect to the current dates of the ratings being amended. In the case of having LAND flights and SEA flights in the same or different ratings, they shall be credited and the validity date shall proceed with the validity date in the same way as in Case 1.