Type Rating Instructor Course(TRI/SFI) and Examiner Course(TRE/SFE)
Our Type Rating Instructor (TRI) courses and Type Rating Examiner (TRE) courses address pilots aspiring to become instructors or examiners for the specific aircraft type for which they hold a type rating.
We offer the option to complete this course as a Synthetic Flight Instructor or Examiner (SFI/SFE) course.
Type Rating Instructor (TRI) and Synthetic Flight Instructor (SFI) Course Overview
The teaching and learning course provides pedagogical methods to develop appropriate teaching and learning skills. The goal is to improve your ability to train and develop trainees’ general aviation knowledge. This includes detecting trainee weaknesses, performing relevant assessments, and accounting for all human factors to bring them to proficiency.
Technical Training Phase
The technical training phase emphasizes briefing and debriefing techniques and content. Following a theoretical learning module, you will take on the role of an SFI/TRI, conducting briefings and debriefings with your instructor who will act as the trainee.
FFS Training Phase
The practical training on full-flight simulators is specific to each aircraft type. During these practical sessions, you will conduct the entire session from briefing to debriefing. The number of full-flight simulator sessions depends on your experience.
Assessment of Competence (AoC)
The AoC session is the final TRI/SFI check. It is based on a specific session of the type rating syllabus and includes briefing, FFS session, and debriefing. The AoC is conducted under the responsibility of a Type Rating Examiner (TRE).
Hold a CPL, MPL, or ATPL pilot license on the applicable aircraft category.
For a TRI multi-pilot aircraft (MPA) certificate:
Minimum 1500 hours flight time as a pilot on multi-pilot airplanes.
Within 12 months prior to the application date, the applicant must have flown 30 routes (including take-offs and landings) as pilot in command (PIC) or co-pilot on the relevant airplane type.
For Synthetic Flight Instructor Course (SFI)
Hold or have held a CPL, MPL, or ATPL in the appropriate aircraft category.
Have completed the proficiency check for the issue of the specific aircraft type rating in an FFS representing the applicable type, within 12 months preceding the application.
For an SFI(A) for multi-pilot airplanes or SFI(PL):
At least 1500 hours flight time as a pilot on multi-pilot airplanes or powered lift, as applicable.
Completed, as a pilot or as an observer, within 12months preceding the application, at least:
3 route sectors on the flight deck of the applicable aircraft type; or
2 line-orientated flight training-based simulator sessions conducted by qualified flight crew on the flight deck of the applicable type.
Type Rating Examiner (TRE) and Synthetic Flight Examiner (SFE) Course Overview
Hold an airline transport pilot license (ATPL) and a Type Rating Instructor (TRI) certificate for the applicable type:
Minimum of 1500 hours of flight time as a pilot of multi-pilot airplanes or at least 500 hours as pilot in command (PIC).
Minimum of 50 hours of flight instruction as a TRI or SFI in the applicable type or an equivalent FSTD type.
Not to have been the subject of any sanction during the last 3 years (suspension, limitation, or withdrawal of your license).
Positively assessed on your personality and possibilities of cooperation with the administration.
Follow a standardization course approved by the authority in an ATO.
For Synthetic Flight Examiner Course (SFE)
Hold or have held an airline transport pilot license (ATPL), a Type Rating Instructor (TRI), and a Synthetic Flight Instructor (SFI) (A) certificate for the applicable type.
Minimum of 1500 hours of flight time as pilots of multi-pilot airplanes.
Minimum of 50 hours of synthetic flight instruction as a TRI (A) or SFI (A) on the applicable type.
Not to have been the subject of any sanction during the last 3 years (suspension, limitation, or withdrawal of your license).
Positively assessed on your personality and possibilities of cooperation with the administration.
Follow a standardization course approved by the authority in an ATO.
TRI/SFI and TRE /SFE Course for Revalidation, Renewal or Extension
The content and duration of these training courses may vary depending on your experience and is determined on a case-by-case basis by the ATO.
The mandatory course includes theoretical refresher modules, with additional simulator sessions.
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