PPL(A)
For PPL(A), authority is UK CAA (retained Part-FCL); provision is FCL.210.A(a); requirement is total flight time; value is at least [ F2 40 ] hours; condition is 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD, recorded from its source on 2026-08-07.
- Authority
- UK CAA (retained Part-FCL) our reading
- Provision
- FCL.210.A(a) verified
- Requirement
- total flight time our reading
- Value
- at least [ F2 40 ] hours verified
- Condition
- 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD verified
- Amendment
- Word in Annex 1 point FCL.210.A(a) substituted (1.10.2025) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/878), regs. 1(4), 6(4)(b)(i)(aa) verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Applicants for a PPL(A) shall have completed at least [ F2 40 ] hours of flight [ F3 time as a pilot, appropriate to the class rating sought, ] in aeroplanes or TMGs, 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD, including at least:
— legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 2026-08-07
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Value
legislation.gov.uk says value is at least [ F2 40 ] hours, as of 2026-08-07.
Applicants for a PPL(A) shall have completed at least [ F2 40 ] hours of flight [ F3 time as a pilot, appropriate to the class rating sought, ] in aeroplanes or TMGs, 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD, including at least:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1178/annex/I/division/SUBPART+C/section/2/division/FCL.210.A
legislation.gov.uk says value is at least 40, as of 2026-08-07.
(a) Applicants for a PPL(A) shall have completed at least 40...
Sources
- legislation.gov.ukhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1178/annex/I/division/SUBPART+C/section/2/division/FCL.210.A
- legislation.gov.ukhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1178/contents