Air Crew [EU]
Aircrew regulation
Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 — technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008
It sets out detailed rules for civil aviation aircrew in respect of the common rules on civil aviation set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/1139.
Key Points
The Regulation sets out detailed rules covering a number of issues:
Conditions for issuing, maintaining, amending, limiting, suspending or revoking pilot licences and associated medical certificates;
the privileges and responsibilities of the holders of pilot licences and associated medical certificates;
the conditions for the conversion of existing national pilot licences and of national flight engineer licences into Flight Crew Licences (Part-FCL), as well as the conditions for the acceptance of licences from non-EU countries;
the certification of persons responsible for providing flight training or flight simulation training and for assessment;
the periodic medical assessment of cabin crew members, as well as the qualification of persons responsible for this assessment;
the conditions for issuing, maintaining, amending, limiting, suspending or revoking cabin crew attestations, as well as the privileges and responsibilities of the holders of cabin crew attestations;
the conditions for issuing, maintaining, amending, limiting, suspending or revoking certificates of pilot training organisations and of aero-medical centres involved in the qualification and aero-medical assessment of civil aviation aircrew;
the requirements for the certification of flight simulation training devices and for organisations operating and using those devices;
the requirements for the administration and oversight to be fulfilled by the EU countries, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the organisations in relation to the above rules.
Application & Background
It has applied since 8 April 2012.
For more information, see:
Aircrew (European Commission).
MAIN DOCUMENT
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 of 3 November 2011 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 311, 25.11.2011, pp. 1-193)
Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 have been incorporated into the original document. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (OJ L 212, 22.8.2018, pp. 1-122)