The Mandate
On-Aircraft Advanced UPRT became mandatory as of December 2019
On 20 December 2018, Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1974 entered into force. This Regulation amends Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (the Aircrew Regulation) by introducing new requirements for upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) for pilots in its Annex I (Part-FCL). Effectively on-aircraft Advanced UPRT (FCL.745.A) became mandatory from 20th December 2019.
The new requirements are laid out in a new article 4b on UPRT for all ATPLs, all MPLs and some CPLs for certain class and type ratings.
A link to the EASA Regulatory are located here and further reference material at the end of the document.
Decision 2019/005/R contains the related acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and guidance material (GM) as well as revised AMC & GM to Annex VII (PartORA) to the Aircrew Regulation regarding the implementation of Advanced UPRT in type rating training programmes of approved training organisations (ATOs). Additionally, this Decision amends the AMC & GM to Annex I (Definitions) and Annex III (Part-ORO) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (the Air OPS Regulation) in order to align the existing UPRT provisions for operator-related training with the new UPRT regulatory framework in Part-FCL.
A link to the UPRT Guidance may be found here.
On-Aircraft UPRT Regulations & Requirements – Highlights
1.The industry and regulators have focused on UPRT because loss of control in flight is the single largest cause of commercial aircraft accidents and fatalities.
2.Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier & Embraer published the industry standard Aeroplane Upset Prevention and Recovery Training Aid – AUPRTA Rev 3.0 – February 2017.
3.All pilots studying for new ATPLs and pilots undergoing their first type rating course in multi-pilot operations, are now required to undergo the new Advanced UPRT course FCL.745.A as of 20 December 2019.
4.It is not a regulatory requirement for existing commercial pilots (ATPL/CPL/MPL) to undergo the Advanced UPRT course. Page 8 of the Explanatory Note to Decision 2019/005/R states that “The completion of the advanced UPRT course is a prerequisite for the issue of a type rating for single pilot high-performance complex aeroplanes, single-pilot aeroplanes in multi-pilot operation and multi-pilot aeroplanes (see point FCL.720.A, as amended). However, many current pilots will not have completed this training and, while it could be beneficial, there is no requirement for pilots already holding a type rating to complete this course.” However, many organisations are choosing to have some or all of their existing pilots undertake this training.
5.The requirements for FCL.745.A ie the AMC (Acceptable Means of Compliance) and GM (Guidance Material) were published in February 2019.
6.The training requirement under FCL.745.A is 3 hours of actual UPRT. Any activities not directly associated with UPRT such as taxy, transit, circuits, approaches etc do not count towards this 3 hours.
7.Pilots with aerobatic experience have no exemptions from the Advanced UPRT course. Whilst such pilots may be less impacted by the physiological aspects of the training, the UPRT Syllabus is materially different and in fact includes no standard aerobatic manoeuvres.
8.Several UPRT study groups and the regulators have determined that the primary value of on-aircraft UPRT is to enable pilots to deal with the psychological and physiological effects of recovering from flight upsets. Flight profiles mimic the G-force range of commercial airliners and are typically flown between +2.5G and -1.0G.
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- This course complements UPRT in FSTDs by providing exposure to psycho-physiological conditions, which cannot be delivered by the motion systems of today’s qualified FSTDs.
- OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) recommendations for recovery from nose-high and nose-low attitudes are not necessarily procedural as the number of possible upset conditions and energy states are infinite; they are for guidance only and present a series of options for the crew.
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