No probs, Gengis - and your point that I should have referred to the regs is a good one, I just happened to know that one off the cuff because a couple of days ago I had a discussion with a King Air operator what being subject to regs for "Complex" aircraft under EASA will mean.
Number and verse on CRI and TRI - There are actually three distinctions:
- Complex / Non-Complex - as defined in the basic regulation
- High Performance - as classified by EASA for type rating purposes
- Single-Pilot / Multi-Pilot - as classified during certification
A CRI can only instruct on Non-Complex, Non-High-Performance, Single-Pilot - FCL.905.CRI (a) (1).
Some of them might require a type rating, such as a low-end turboprop that is not classified high performance, so a CRI can instruct for these type ratings
A CRE, however, can examine for anything single-pilot
except Complex High-Performance, so can examine on low-performance complex (I guess a Turbine Islander is one) and high-performance non-complex (TBM 700 and suchlike), but not on a Mustang or King Air
(see FCL.1005.CRE)
Interestingly enough, he needs a "CRI for the applicable class or type" (FCL.1010.CRE (b)), which is impossible for high-performace non-complex, so probably one of the many errors in this mess.