This page contains guidance on how to apply for a multi-engine aeroplane (MEP) type class rating using a paper application form and provides access to all the forms and other CAA materials you will need to make your application.

You will also need to provide some documents of your own, including photographic ID and logbook pages recording your flying experience. Full details of what to include with your application are set out below.

You can also apply for a MEP using our online application form.

All our paper application forms are available for download and can be completed on a computer before being printed, signed and submitted to the CAA by post or secure courier. Alternatively, you can print the form first and complete in BLOCK CAPITALS using black or dark blue ink.

Please note that sending a clear application form will enable us to issue licences and ratings more efficiently, with lower risk of errors or rejections with subsequent delays to your application.

Application form

To apply for a MEP, use form SRG 1119A.

What to include with your form

As well as your completed application form, you will need to send us the following documentation:

• Course completion certificate SRG 1107
• Copy of Part FCL medical certificate
• Certified copy of your existing licence (See our guidance on how to get copies of your documents certified)
• Payment

Additional documentation

You will need to send us additional documents if you are applying on the basis of:

• UK military service
• a third-country ICAO licence
• a skill test conducted by a non-UK approved EASA examiner

Depending on the details of your application, you may also need to send us:

• If you need to convert to an EASA licence as part of your rating application, please include a completed form SRG 1104. See compulsory conversion to EASA licences, below.

How to get copies of your documents certified

How to submit your application

Please send your completed application form and supporting documentation to the following address:

Licensing and Training Standards
Licensing Department
Aviation House
Gatwick Airport South
West Sussex RH6 0YR

Secure courier

The CAA strongly recommends you use our secure courier service to have your documents returned to you. More information about our secure courier service.

Additional documentation

If you are applying on the basis of

• UK military service
• a third-country ICAO licence
• a skill test conducted by a non-UK-approved EASA examiner

you will need to send us additional documentation along with your application. Please see the Guidance on documentation section.

Compulsory conversion to EASA licence

If you have not already converted your pilot licence to an EASA licence, then applying for a rating to be issued onto it will mean that your licence will be compulsorily converted to an EASA licence and a conversion fee will be charged. These fees are set out in the

• Costs for private licences
• Costs for professional licences

More information about converting to an EASA licence

Guidance for examiners

• Procedures for Examiners Holding Part-FCL Certificates Issued by Countries Other than the UK ( IN 2015/050)
• Designation of UK Examiners for Skill Tests for Initial Issue of Licences, Ratings and Certificates (IN 2014/110)