The CAA confirms that a student pilot may be permitted to operate an aircraft as the sole occupant, provided the flight is authorised and supervised by the holder of a valid Flight Instructor Certificate, within the following criteria:
- The Flight Instructors and training organisations authorising the solo flights must be sure that the student pilot has made application to the UK CAA for the issue of the LAPL(H) or PPL licence, the LAA for the issue of an NPPL SEP/TMG or the BMAA for the issue of an NPPL microlight
- Such flights should be for the benefit of the student pilot, to keep their skills at an appropriate level for the safe operation of the aircraft and enforce the training they have received.
- All authorised solo flights must be conducted in accordance with relevant legislation and the Approved Training Organisation’s (ATO) approved manuals or the Declared Training Organisation’s (DTO) procedures.
- The student pilot can only be authorised solo in an aircraft of the same class or type that was used during the Skill Test.
All Flight Instructors are reminded that they will be authorising the solo pilot to operate flights in accordance with FCL.020 of the UK Aircrew Regulations or article 140 of the Air Navigation Order (2016) and if through an ATO in accordance with the ATO’s approved manuals and if through a DTO in accordance with their procedures.
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