Type rating under EASA

[DauphinDude]

I hope this will be accepted on this board, it is after all a heli-question.

If I have a certain amount of hours in an aircraft in a non-EASA country, what is needed for me to get type rated on that helicopter under EASA? Say I have EASA ATPL-H and 1000 hours on the EC155, what would I need to do to fly it legally under EASA? Then again, what if I have 1000 hours in both the EC225 and the EC155 and want to have a type rating on both?

[Jet Ranger]

If you have type rating from let's say FAA or CASA (non-EASA licence), and you've EASA licence... Only proficiency check with EASA examiner on type.

[DauphinDude]

Can the proficiency test be done in a simulator?

[MartinCh]

Acceptance of class and type ratings
100hrs in single engine piston helicopters
350hrs flight time in that class, for all other helicopters
'passing skills test in accordance with Part-FCL'
being current in flying practice
complying with experience and prerequisites for issuing the rating under Part-FCL
(can't copy/paste from that PDF right now)

I don't have big stuff experience, but the logic suggests that if the JAA heli TR was doable to have skills test in sim, the EASA Part-FCL would be the same. But don't quote me on that. I don't have Euro licences yet..

[GoodGrief]

Martin is slightly off on the singles:

FCL 2.240

(6) A type rating contained in a licence
issued by a non-JAA State may be transferred
to a JAR-FCL licence, subject to the
appropriate proficiency check, provided the
applicant is in current flying practice and:

(i) for a single-engine turbine and
single-engine piston helicopters with a
MTOM <3175 Kg. has not less than 100
hours flying experience as a pilot on that
type, provided JAR-FCL 2.240(a)(2),
2.250 or 2.255 as applicable, are met.

(ii) for all other helicopters, has not
less than 350 hours flying experience as
a pilot on that type, provided JAR-FCL
2.250 or 2.255 as applicable, are met.

Plus the check ride, of course.

[MartinCh]

Thanks, GG. I quickly googled it and found some UK CAA guidance doc.
I read the FCL, but didn't remember the exact part number to post it. The UK CAA doc wasn't so specific.