Originally Posted by Genghis the Engineer
If a company's authority-approved procedures demand that an aeroplane is operated multi-pilot, then it's an interesting question whether it's a multi-pilot aeroplane or not for the purposes of an ATPL skill test, when the certification may not require it.
Well, EASA is quite clear on this - aircraft needs to be certified to have a minimum two flight crew to qualify for ATPL skill test purposes.
‘Multi-pilot aircraft’:
for aeroplanes, it means aeroplanes certificated for operation with a minimum crew of at least two pilots;