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ORS4 No.1010: Revised List of Derogations Notified to the European Commission by the United Kingdom under Article 12 of the Aircrew Regulation

The Aircrew Regulation (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (as amended)) laying down the European rules for aircrew licensing came into force on 8 April 2012.

Publication status: Superseded

Last updated: 14 April 2014

ORS4 No.1228: Exemption from the Requirement for Holders of FAA Pilot Licences with FAA Class 3 Medicals, Exercising Private Licence Privileges to Comply with the Conversion and Validation Requirements of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No. 1178/2011 as Amended

It explains that, whilst the final terms of EU-US bilateral aviation safety agreement (BASA) for mutual licence recognition are still under negotiation, affected FAA licence holders will be exempt from the need for full compliance with Annex III, subject to their satisfying certain criteria drawn from the current draft BASA.

Publication status: Superseded

Last updated: 27 June 2017

ORS9 No. 0042: Decision amending Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) for minor updates to UK Regulations (EU) 2017/373, 965/2012 and 1178/2011

This Decision is to address incorrect references to the associated assimilated law or actions that are no longer appropriate since EU Exit.

Publication status: Current

Last updated: 18 December 2024

ORS4 No.1301: Exemption from the Requirement for Holders of FAA Pilot Licences who are Permanently Residing in the United Kingdom and Exercising Private Licence Privileges to Comply with the Conversion and Validation Requirements of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No. 1178/2011 as Amended

Publication status: Cancelled

Last updated: 29 March 2019

CAP2254SA: Supplementary Amendment CAP 2254 Military Aircrew Accreditation Scheme

Amendment to credits available for the issue of a UK Part-FCL LAPL, PPL, CPL or ATPL and a CRI or FI rating.

 This document supports Article 10 of the UK Aircrew Regulation (UK Regulation (EU) No. 1178/2011), by providing credit for pilot licences obtained during United Kingdom military service.

Publication status: Current

Last updated: 05 March 2025

ORS9 No. 0005: CAA Decision to delay implementation of various AMC and GM to UK (EU) Reg No 1178/2011 Part FCL and Part ORA pursuant to Article 76(3) of UK (EU) Reg No 2018/1139

Publication status: Current

Last updated: 05 March 2021

PPL (As) requirements

Regulations specific to the PPL for airships, including minimum flying time requirements and licence privileges.

For Flight Crew Regulations please refer to the consolidated version UK Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011.

Last updated: 17 March 2026

Renew or revalidate your UK medical certificate

How to keep your medical certificate valid.

Guidelines Guidance material (GM) Downloads and resources Documents for download Regulations UK Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 – Annex IV Part-MED

Last updated: 25 August 2023

Temporary licensing certificate for examiner privileges

Guidance for examiners on requirements and how to apply.

Applicants must have completed an applicable UK CAA approved course of examiner standardisation or refresher training, as applicable, at an ATO fully approved for such training under Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1178/2011 (as amended), Annex VI, Part-ORA.

Last updated: 24 January 2024

Licensing & training simplification

In addition to the consultation response document, we have provided summary documents that detail the consultation responses by GA aircraft category: aeroplanes including microlights and consultation page balloons and airships and consultation page sailplanes and consultation page helicopters and consultation page gyroplanes and consultation page The following podcast episode provides more information: Project update on private pilot licensing and training in the UK - CAA on General Aviation Phase 3: Rulemaking, transparency and simplicity After reviewing the results of the phase 2 consultation, we drafted four Opinion and Instruction Documents (OID), setting out our recommendations to the Secretary of State for amending UK Regulation (EU) 1178/2011 (the “UK Aircrew Regulation”), UK Regulation (EU) 2018/395 (“the Balloon Regulation”), UK Regulation (EU) 2018/1976 (the “Sailplane Regulations”) and the Air Navigation Order 2016 (“ANO”).

Last updated: 22 January 2026