The training and examination covers aspects related to non-technical skills in an integrated manner, taking into account the particular risks associated to the licence and the activity.

The LAPL(A) theoretical knowledge course does not specify minimum instruction hours, but Royal Flight Center recommends a minimum amount of 10 hours of classroom or video teleconferencing training. The LAPL(A) theoretical knowledge course does not specify minimum instruction hours, but Royal Flight Center recommends a minimum amount of 10 hours of classroom or video teleconferencing training.

Applicants for an LAPL who have held another licence in the same category of aircraft shall be fully credited towards the requirements of the LAPL in that category of aircraft.

Without prejudice to the paragraph above, if the licence has lapsed, the applicant shall have to pass a skill test in accordance with FCL.125 for the issue of an LAPL in the appropriate aircraft category.

Applicants with prior experience as PIC may be credited towards the requirements of 30 hours flight instruction.

The amount of credit shall be decided by Royal Flight Center where the pilot undergoes the training course, on the basis of a pre-entry flight test, but shall in any case: not exceed the total flight time as PIC and not exceed 50 % of the dual hours required of the dual flight instruction.

The pre-entry flight test referred to in FCL.110.A(c) should cover the total content of the syllabus of flight instruction for the issuance of the LAPL(A), in accordance with AMC1 FCL.115.