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Part-FCL are the EASA Flight Crew Licences.

The licences are:

• LAPL(A) – Light Aircraft Pilot Licence (for restricted leisure flying in smaller single engine piston aeroplanes only)
• PPL – Private Pilot Licence
• CPL – Commercial Pilot Licence
• IR – Instrument Rating
• MECPL – Multi-Engine Commercial Pilot Licence
• MEP – Multi-Engine Piston Rating
• MEIR – Multi-Engine Instrument Rating
• MPL – Multi Crew Pilot Licence
• fATPL – ‘Frozen’ Airline Transport Pilot Licence (a colloquial term for a CPL+MEP/IR + APS MCC)
• ATPL – Airline Transport Pilot Licence
• APS MCC – Airline Pilot Standards Multi Crew Cooperation Course

Licences are further classified by aircraft type, the main two being aeroplanes (A) and helicopters (H). So, our students will graduate with a ‘frozen’ ATPL(A).

• Rating – An additional qualification associated with a licence. E.g. The CPL gives the pilot the privileges of of being able to fly for money. The addition of an MEP allows the pilot to do it in a twin engine aircraft.
• SEP – Single Engine Piston Rating
• MEP – Multi Engine Piston Rating
• NQ – Night Qualification
• IMC – Instrument Meteorological Conditions Rating (allows a PPL holder to fly in IMC within the UK within certain minimums)
• CRM – Crew Resource Management
• Type Rating – the qualification undertaken by a fATPL holder in order to fly a particular aircraft type (eg. B737)
• LST – Licence Skills Test (flight test at the end of your type rating)
• Line Training – (flying under supervision as the final part of type training)
• Base training (take off and landings in the aircraft required for the issue of a type rating)
• Line Check – (check flight conducted at the end of line training)
• LPC – Licence Proficiency Check (annual check for the revalidation of your type rating)
• OPC – Operator Proficiency Check (a 6 monthly check by the airline. In practice, very similar to an LPC)
• UPRT – Upset Prevention and Recovery Training

• ATO – Approved Training Organisation (formerly known as FTO)
• CTKI – Chief Theoretical Knowledge Instructor
• CFI – Chief Flying Instructor
• TKI – Theoretical Knowledge Instructor
• FI – Flight Instructor
• Integrated pilot training – zero hours to fATPL with one ATO e.g. LEAP
• Modular pilot training – Individual licences completed to fATPL, step by step at one or more ATOs. e.g. Modular
• Ab Initio – ‘from the beginning.’ (Usually refers to initial pilot training, or a person with no previous experience.)
• MPL – Multi-pilot licence. (An alternative to ATPL, an MPL is professional pilot qualification designed for a specific airline and a specific aircraft type)
• The regulating authority (EASA in the UK) must approve all pilot training organisations (ATOs) and a student must be formally registered with one in order to train as a commercial pilot.

• AMEÌý–ÌýAeromedical ExaminerÌýÌý
• Class 1 MedicalÌý–ÌýFull medicalÌý(required for CPL, MPL and ATPL)ÌýÌý
• Class 2 MedicalÌý–ÌýMedical (required for PPL)ÌýÌý

Medicals must be conducted by an approved AME;Ìýdoctors with specialist aviation medicine training.ÌýThey are certificated by theÌýÌýÌý

to carry out aircrew medical examinations and to give aviation medicine advice, as necessary.ÌýÌý

• ATC – air traffic control
• CRP 5 – a manual flight computer
• IFR – Instrument Flight Rules
• IMC – Instrument Meteorological Conditions
• VFR – Visual Flight Rules
• FTD – Flight Training Device
• Ground School – theoretical knowledge training, also known as ATPL theory
• FMC – Flight Management Computer
• SOP – Standard Operating Procedures
• IELTS – International English Language Training Standard
• ICAO Level 4 – The minimum ICAO Standard for English Language proficiency for ATPL.