To renew a class or type rating, applicants must meet all of the following requirements:
- In order for a determination to be made as to whether applicants need refresher training to achieve the level of proficiency required to safely operate the aircraft, they must complete an assessment with one of the following organizations:
(i) an ATO,
(ii) a DTO or an ATO, if the expired rating was a class rating for non-high performance single-engine piston airplanes, a class rating for TMGs or a type rating for single-engine helicopters in accordance with point DTO.GEN.110 of Annex VIII(a)(2)(c);
(iii) with a DTO, an ATO or an instructor when the rating expired not more than three years previously and the rating was a non-high performance single-engine piston airplane class rating or a TMG class rating;
(iv) with an EBT operator specifically approved for such refresher training.
If deemed necessary by the organization or instructor who conducted the assessment under #1, they must complete refresher training with that organization or instructor.
After complying with number 1 and, if applicable, number 2, they must pass a proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 or complete a practical EBT assessment in accordance with Appendix 10. The hands-on EBT assessment may be combined with the refresher training in number 2.
Notwithstanding paragraphs (b)(1), (2), and (3), pilots who hold a test flight rating issued under point FCL.820 and who have participated in development, certification, or production test flights for an aircraft type and have completed either 50 hours of total flight time or 10 hours of flight time as PIC in test flights on that type in the year preceding their application are eligible to apply for extension or renewal of the applicable type rating. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Applicants shall be exempt from the requirements of paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section provided that they hold a valid rating for the same class or type of aircraft endorsed on a pilot certificate issued by a third country in accordance with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention and provided that they are entitled to exercise the privileges of that rating.