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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 (Text with EEA relevance)

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Article 2U.K.Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

‘Part-FCL licence’ means a flight crew licence which complies with the requirements of Annex I;

(2)

‘JAR’ means joint aviation requirements adopted by the Joint Aviation Authorities as applicable on 30 June 2009;

(3)

‘Light aircraft pilot licence (LAPL)’ means the leisure pilot licence referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008;

(4)

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(5)

‘Non-JAR-compliant licence’ means the pilot licence issued or recognised by [F2the CAA] in accordance with national legislation and not having been recommended for mutual recognition in relation to the relevant JAR;

(6)

‘Credit’ means the recognition of prior experience or qualifications;

(7)

‘Credit report’ means a report on the basis of which prior experience or qualifications may be recognised;

(8)

‘Conversion report’ means a report on the basis of which a licence may be converted into a Part-FCL licence;

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(11)

[F3‘Cabin crew member’ means an appropriately qualified crew member, other than a flight crew or technical crew member, who is assigned by an operator to perform duties related to the safety of passengers and flight during operations;

(12)

‘Aircrew’ means flight crew and cabin crew;]

(13)

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(14)

[F4‘Acceptable means of compliance (AMC)’ means non-binding standards adopted by the [F5CAA] to illustrate means to establish compliance with Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and its implementing rules;

(15)

‘Alternative means of compliance (AltMoC)’ means those means that propose an alternative to an existing AMC or those that propose new means to establish compliance with Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and its implementing rules for which no associated AMC have been adopted by the [F6CAA];

(16)

‘Approved training organisation (ATO)’ means an organisation which is entitled to provide training to pilots on the basis of an approval issued in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 10a(1);

(17)

‘Basic instrument training device (BITD)’ means a ground-based training device for the training of pilots representing the student pilot's station of a class of aeroplanes, which may use screen-based instrument panels and spring-loaded flight controls, and providing a training platform for at least the procedural aspects of instrument flight;

(18)

‘Certification specifications (CS)’ mean technical standards adopted by the [F7CAA] indicating means to be used by an organisation for the purpose of certification;

(19)

[F8Flight instructor (FI)’ means an instructor with the privileges to provide training in an aircraft in accordance with Subpart J of Annex I (Part-FCL) to this Regulation, Subpart FI of Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Regulation (EU) 2018/395(1), or Subpart FI of Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976(2);]

(20)

‘Flight simulation training device (FSTD)’ means a device for the training of pilots which is:

(a)

in the case of aeroplanes, a full flight simulator (FFS), a flight training device (FTD), a flight and navigation procedures trainer (FNPT) or a basic instrument training device (BITD);

(b)

in the case of helicopters, a full flight simulator (FFS), a flight training device (FTD) or a flight and navigation procedures trainer (FNPT);

(21)

‘FSTD qualification’ means the level of technical ability of an FSTD as specified in the certification specifications relating to the FSTD in question;

(22)

‘Principal place of business’ of an organisation means the head office or registered office of the organisation within which the principal financial functions and operational control of the activities referred to in this Regulation are exercised;

(22a)

[F9‘ARO.RAMP’ means the Subpart RAMP of Annex II to the Regulation on Air Operations;

(22b)

‘Automatically validated’ means the acceptance, without formalities, by an ICAO contracting State listed in the ICAO attachment of a flight crew licence issued by a State in accordance with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention;

(22c)

‘ICAO attachment’ means an attachment to an automatically validated flight crew licence issued in accordance with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, which is mentioned under item XIII of the flight crew licence;]

(23)

‘Qualification test guide (QTG)’ means a document established to demonstrate that the performance and handling qualities of an FSTD represent those of the aircraft, class of aeroplane or type of helicopter, simulated within prescribed limits and that all applicable requirements have been met. The QTG includes both the data of the aircraft, class of aeroplane or type of helicopter and FSTD data used to support the validation;

(24)

‘Declared training organisation (DTO)’ means an organisation which is entitled to provide training to pilots on the basis of a declaration made in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 10a(1);

(25)

‘DTO training programme’ means a document established by a DTO, describing in detail the training course provided by that DTO.]

Textual Amendments

(1)

[F4 [F8Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 of 13 March 2018 laying down detailed rules for the operation of balloons pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 71, 14.3.2018, p. 10 ).] ]

(2)

[F4 [F8Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976 of 14 December 2018 laying down detailed rules for the operation of sailplanes pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 326, 20.12.2018, p. 64 ).] ]

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