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Aviation licensing, Course 2: regulatory frameworks compared

Regulatory frameworks compared

By Aerospace Garage Desk · Practitioner · 50 minutes · 24 narrated pages · Updated October 2026

What you will be able to do

  • ✓ Tell EASA-style and FAA-style systems apart, and see which States build on each, including the UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia and India
  • ✓ Navigate the Basic Regulation, the Parts, AMC and GM; find Part-FCL, Part-MED, Part-66 and the controller rules; explain automatic validation
  • ✓ Navigate 14 CFR Parts 61, 63, 65 and 67 and the school rules; use Advisory Circulars and the ACS; explain designees and recency
  • ✓ Describe how the GCAA, GACA, DGCA, CAAC and ANAC structure their rules, and find any State's current rules
  • ✓ Explain the limits of recognition, tell validation from conversion, use agreements, and plan a move
  • ✓ Read items I–XIV, ratings, remarks and the medical certificate, and recognise an electronic licence

Course content

Session 1 · Two families of rules

2.1

  1. One minimum, many rulebooks · free preview
  2. Spotting the family
  3. Who builds on which family
  4. Worked example: one engineer, five rulebooks
Session 2 · The EASA framework

2.2

  1. The layers of the system
  2. Pilots and medical fitness
  3. Engineers, controllers and who issues the licence
  4. Worked example: dating a type rating check
Session 3 · The FAA framework

2.3

  1. A map of 14 CFR
  2. Guidance and test standards
  3. Designees and keeping privileges
  4. Worked example: one medical, three expiry dates
Session 4 · Authorities in Mid & Emerging Markets

2.4

  1. Two Gulf neighbours
  2. India, China and Brazil
  3. Regional bodies and finding the rules
  4. Worked example: which issue of the rule applies?
Session 5 · Foreign licences: validation and conversion

2.5

  1. Where recognition stops
  2. Validation and conversion
  3. Agreements, automatic validation and a practical plan
  4. Worked example: converting an Indian B1 licence in the UAE
Session 6 · Reading a licence

2.6

  1. The numbered items
  2. Ratings, remarks and the medical certificate
  3. Electronic licences and a worked example
  4. From the investigation file: forged training certificates

Who this course is for

Upskill courses are for professional development and are not approved by any aviation authority. Learner Terms

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