If you are a pilot and want to became an APPI member, please go to Join by equivalence or contact an APPI school or an APPI PPG instructor.
If you are an instructor and want to became an APPI instructor, please go to Join APPI by equivalence or contact the APPI secretary.
You can also contact one APPI Master or Instructor, for your validation. He will help you to register in APPI.
For new individual members: registration must be done by an APPI PPG instructor.
For new instructors: registration must be done by an APPI PPG master instructor or online, in this case the instructor must be validated by a master instructor.
All qualifications/specialties have prerequisites, please pay attention to each course/specialty requirements. To apply for new qualification, the candidate need the precedent level to be validate, as well for instructors levels.
For validation which need 2 different Instructors, please have the following procedures:
- The instructor in charge register the student "in progress" and register the second instructor for double validation
- The second instructor will have to complete the validation.
- In case of equivalence, the first instructor or the student has to send the copy of logbook and all certified documents to the secretary for validation.
To register a student, instructors must be teaching in a School and be registered by the school director. Instructors can teach only in one school at the time.
Once registering a new student, the APPI permanent certification card will be issued within maximum 45 days after the validation from the instructor and the fee payment, except if one of the qualification is in progress, in this case the shipment of the card will be postponed.
Flight school registration rules
If you are an INSTRUCTOR you can register an APPI SCHOOL.
Numbers of stars for a flight center or school means how many instructors work at the school.
- Two stars for a school with one instructor, three stars for two, four stars for three.
- Five stars schools means a school with a master instructor (validated by APPI) plus an instructor.
School managers have to choose if the membership fee for new students will be paid by the member or by the school, permission is given by instructor.
Certifications/specialties rules table
Title | Type | Student 1st requirement | Student 2nd requirement | Student 3rd requirement | Student 4th requirement | Workshop or Pro-course | Instructors needed | 1st instructor requirement | 2nd instructor requirement | Level | Card level max | Card level min | Card priority |
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Open Sky PPG Taster | Qualification | 1 | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Open Sky Taster | APPI 1 Discover | APPI 1 Discover | |||||||
Adventure PPG pilot | Qualification | Open Sky PPG Taster Validated-eq. | 1 | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Adventure pilot | APPI 2 Explore | APPI 2 Explore | ||||||
APPI PPG pilot | Qualification | Adventure PPG pilot Validated-eq. | 1 | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Pilot | APPI 3 pilot | APPI 3 pilot | ||||||
Advanced PPG Pilot | Qualification | APPI PPG pilot Validated-eq. | First aid Validated-eq. | 1 | PPG Advanced instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Advanced Pilot | APPI 5 Advanced pilot | APPI 5 Advanced pilot | |||||
PPG Perfo. Pilot | Certification | Advanced PPG Pilot Validated-eq. | 1 | PPG Perfo. trainer Validated-eq. | PPG Advanced Pilot | APPI 5 Advanced pilot | APPI 5 Advanced pilot | ||||||
Assistant PPG instructor | Qualification | Advanced PPG Pilot Validated-eq. | Mandatory | 1 | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Assistant Instructor | Assistant instructor | Assistant instructor | |||||
APPI PPG tandem pilot | Certification | Assistant PPG instructor Validated-eq. | 1 | PPG tandem instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Assistant Instructor | APPI instructor | Assistant instructor | ||||||
APPI PPG Instructor | Qualification | Assistant PPG instructor Validated-eq. | Mandatory | 2 | PPG Master instructor Validated-eq. | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Instructor | APPI instructor | APPI instructor | ||||
PPG Advanced instructor | Certification | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | 1 | PPG Master instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Instructor | Master instructor | APPI instructor | ||||||
PPG Towing Instructor | Certification | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | 1 | PPG Master instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Instructor | Master instructor | APPI instructor | ||||||
PPG Fly guide | Certification | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | 1 | PPG Fly guide master Validated-eq. | PPG Instructor | Master instructor | APPI instructor | PPG Fly guide master | |||||
PPG tandem instructor | Certification | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | APPI PPG tandem pilot Validated-eq. | 1 | PPG Tandem master Validated-eq. | PPG Instructor | Master instructor | APPI instructor | PPG Tandem master | ||||
PPG Perfo. trainer | Certification | PPG Advanced instructor Validated-eq. | 1 | PPG Perfo. master Validated-eq. | PPG Instructor | Master instructor | APPI instructor | PPG Perfo. master | |||||
APPI staff | Certification | PPG Master instructor Validated-eq. | 1 | Administrator Validated-eq. | PPG Instructor | No display | |||||||
PPG Master instructor | Qualification | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | 1 | Administrator Validated-eq. | PPG Master Instructor | Master instructor | Master instructor | ||||||
PPG Perfo. master | Certification | PPG Master instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Perfo. trainer Validated-eq. | 1 | Administrator Validated-eq. | PPG Master Instructor | Master instructor | Master instructor | |||||
PPG Fly guide master | Certification | PPG Master instructor Validated-eq. | PPG Fly guide Validated-eq. | 1 | Administrator Validated-eq. | PPG Master Instructor | Master instructor | Master instructor | |||||
PPG Tandem master | Certification | PPG Master instructor Validated-eq. | PPG tandem instructor Validated-eq. | 1 | Administrator Validated-eq. | PPG Master Instructor | Master instructor | Master instructor | |||||
Technical certification | |||||||||||||
First aid | Technical certification | 1 | APPI PPG Instructor Validated-eq. | Level not defined | No display | ||||||||
First aid instructor | Technical certification | 1 | APPI staff Validated-eq. | Level not defined | No display | ||||||||
T1 Pro rescue packer | Technical certification | 1 | Control & maintenance instructor Validated | Level not defined | Master instructor | Control & maintenance expert | |||||||
T2 Lines check & adjust | Technical certification | 1 | Control & maintenance instructor Validated | Level not defined | Master instructor | Control & maintenance expert | |||||||
T3 Cloth check & repair | Technical certification | 1 | Control & maintenance instructor Validated | Level not defined | Master instructor | Control & maintenance expert | |||||||
T4 Harness & accessories check | Technical certification | 1 | Control & maintenance instructor Validated | Level not defined | Master instructor | Control & maintenance expert | |||||||
Control & maintenance expert | Technical certification | T1 Pro rescue packer Validated-eq. | T2 Lines check & adjust Validated-eq. | T3 Cloth check & repair Validated-eq. | T4 Harness & accessories check Validated-eq. | 1 | Control & maintenance instructor Validated | Level not defined | Master instructor | Control & maintenance instructor | |||
Control & maintenance instructor | Technical certification | Control & maintenance expert Validated-eq. | 1 | Administrator Validated-eq. | Level not defined | Master instructor |