THE FIRST INTEGRATED ATPL HELICOPTER STUDENT IN SPAIN HAS JUST COMPLETED HIS COURSE AT TOP FLY.

This licence, which is only given by Top Fly in Spain, includes the commercial pilot licence (CPL) as well as an instrumental flight type-rating (IR) and a multi-crew coordination course (MCC), which allows flight in helicopters certified to be flown by two pilots.

Recently qualified pilots can perform work such as regular or charter passenger transport, aero-taxi and medical services with this licence, the highest awarded by the European JAR regulations. They can also carry out all kinds of jobs which require a pilot who is qualified to fly multi-crew helicopters and/or in IFR conditions.

The photo shows Josep Maria Ortiz, the first pilot to obtain a helicopter ATPL in Spain, aboard Top Fly’s FNPT II simulator, which is certified for MCC and IR flight conditions. Obtaining this licence has, without a doubt, been an excellent Christmas present after two years of hard work.