PPL(A) · UK CAA (retained Part-FCL) · FCL.210.A(a) · total flight time
What is the value for PPL(A) · UK CAA (retained Part-FCL) · FCL.210.A(a) · total flight time?
For PPL(A), authority is UK CAA (retained Part-FCL); provision is FCL.210.A(a); requirement is total flight time; value is disputed: at least [ F2 40 ] hours per legislation.gov.uk, at least 40 per legislation.gov.uk; condition is 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD, recorded from its source on 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:
— legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 2026-08-07
- Authority
- UK CAA (retained Part-FCL) our reading
- Provision
- FCL.210.A(a)
- Requirement
- total flight time our reading
- Value
- at least [ F2 40 ] hours the source states this two ways
- 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)
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The source states this two ways
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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