# ATPL(A) — Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority

For ATPL(A), authority is EASA (European Union); provision is FCL.510.A(b); requirement is simulator credit; value is up to 100 hours of flight time may have been completed in an FFS and FNPT; condition is Of these 100 hours, only a maximum of 25 hours may be completed in an FNPT, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** EASA (European Union) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** FCL.510.A(b)
- **Requirement:** simulator credit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** up to 100 hours of flight time may have been completed in an FFS and FNPT _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** Of these 100 hours, only a maximum of 25 hours may be completed in an FNPT _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Of the 1 500 hours of flight time, up to 100 hours of flight time may have been completed in an FFS and FNPT. Of these 100 hours, only a maximum of 25 hours may be completed in an FNPT

## Source

- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32011R1178

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
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