EASA FTE Licensing
 

With requirements for the Class A and Class B FTE License is it going to be possible to become an FTE without having attended one of the full time courses.

I know those currently working as FTEs with the relevant experience are able to become licensed on the basis of demonstrated experience with out been course Graduates; but for someone trying to transfer across in to the FTE field it does seem engineering experience and flying experience is no longer adequate.

Seems FTEs jobs in the UK will become the reserve of ex- QinetiQ employees who have been through the full time course at ETPS.

I thought that silliness had all been knocked on the head, and everything was basically down to company in-house approvals in negotiation with their authority.

If you know otherwise, could you post a reference?

I trained up a part 21 organisation's in-house FTE last year, using a syllabus I proposed and EASA approved. It was all fairly painless.

G

Not sure G,

Well I hope you are correct; suspect it is more a case of the company wanting someone that is ready approved and wanting to save the hassle of an in house approval.

It wasn't very difficult or expensive to set-up company specific FTE training to satisfy EASA. I did it last year for a company doing a CS-23 aeroplane and I am now involved in a company where we must define and agree with EASA our own requirements because there are no rules for our type of aircraft.

In the UK, there is now the option for sub-2000 kg aircraft (not just aeroplanes) to use E Conditions and avoid EASA all together.

With this experience, I don't see the work to comply for pilots and flight test engineers as any more difficult or expensive than anything else to get a Design Organisation Approval. EASA may have made some terrible mistakes in writing rules but in my twelve years working with them they can be flexible and practical in making things happen.

Thanks for the replies.