Frequently asked questions

Independent of the notification of the flight test carried out by the examiner, the documentation derived from the flight test carried out must be sent to EASA through the channels currently established for this purpose. The documentation received via email is not subject to processing

The procedure for recording revalidations on the licence by examiners does not apply to electronic licences, and the applicable revalidations must be processed in accordance with points One, Three and Four of this Resolution, by means of a new application for the issue of a licence. Download the resolution here. 

Once the applicant has downloaded the printable version of the licence or certificate (the one that includes the verification code and the QR), he/she shall print it, sign it in handwriting and show the signed copy whenever required to do so by the aviation authorities and their agents, who may at any time verify the veracity of the licence by checking the corresponding CID, without prejudice to the legal obligations regarding the need to have a valid medical certificate.

Whenever required, the veracity of the licence can be verified at any time by checking the corresponding CID
The CID code will be checked in the corresponding section of the EASA website or the Aviation Authority may contact us if it deems it appropriate.

For the electronic Flight Crew Licence and the Flight Attendant Certificate, once the required documentation has been submitted and satisfactorily reviewed, EASA will issue an electronic licence or certificate, as the case may be, incorporating a CID document identification code, by means of which the authenticity of the said licence or certificate may be verified on the Agency's website. Both the original electronic licence and a printable version of it may be downloaded.

An electronically signed and verifiable note confirming the validity of this new licence format during the period of validity of this resolution shall also be attached to the licence.

They are considered scheduled maintenance tasks whose periodicity would be every time a component is installed, therefore, these tasks would have to be included in the maintenance programme. However, tasks arising from unscheduled situations that affect airworthiness, such as a Bird Strike or a Hard Landing, would not need to be included in the maintenance programmes.

The exemption measures shall apply provided that the criteria set out in the applicable EASA Resolution are met (the extension of the period of validity of language proficiency endorsements only applies to competencies valid on 14 March 2020 and whose ordinary period of validity expires before 31 July 2020, not to expired endorsements), without prejudice to the fulfilment of the requirements for the exercise of the ratings, in accordance with FCL.055 of EU Regulation 1178/2011.

No, it is not necessary.

According to the AESA Resolution dated 05.05.2020, you do not need to apply for the exemption, you will need to check whether you qualify based on your circumstances and the point of the Exemption that applies to you.

According to the EASA Resolution dated 18.03.2020, holders of FCL licences issued by EASA who are in operators with Air Operator Certificates issued by other EASA states and who avail themselves of this exemption, will proceed in the same way as the rest with regard to 1178/2011.

Under the conditions established in the EASA Resolution dated 18.03.2020, published on the EASA website, in order to be able to avail themselves of this exemption and therefore be able to extend the validity of their ratings for 4 months, they indicate the need for the pilot to exercise privileges for an operator that meets the requirements established for the purposes of exemption by their Authority.