EASA Licences and ratings

Frozen ATPL is a common name established in early 2000s  when a new licensing standards were introduced by Joing Aviation Authorities.

By holding so-called Frozen ATPL it means that the holder is basically qualified as an airline pilot, however without meeting minimum required flight time experience.

Frozen ATPL holder holds the following qualifications, licences and ratings:

• Holder of Commercial Pilot Licence - CPL(A)
  • holder of instrument rating for multi-engine aeroplanes
  • holder of EASA ATPL(A) theoretical knowledge credit
  • holder of Multi-Crew Cooperation training course
  • holder of Language proficiency 4 or higher

To turn the Frozen ATPL(A) - means to turn your CPL(A) licence into full ATPL(A) licence requires to gain the additional experience which can only be done in multi-pilot environment and to pass the ATPL skill test in multi-pilot aeroplane.

Minimum experience for ATPL(A) to be issued is 1500 hours of total flight time distribute as follows:

• 500 hours in multi-pilot operations on aeroplanes;
• 500 hours as PIC under supervision; or
  • 250 hours as PIC; or
  • 250 hours, including at least 70 hours as PIC, and the remaining as PIC under supervision;
• 200 hours of cross-country flight time of which at least 100 hours shall be as PIC or as PIC under supervision;
• 75 hours of instrument time of which not more than 30 hours may be instrument ground time; and
• 100 hours of night flight as PIC or co-pilot.

Of the 1500 hours of flight time, up to 100 hours of flight time may have been completed in an FFS and FNPT. Of these 100 hours, only a maximum of 25 hours may be completed in an FNPT.