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Becoming an instructor, keeping your rating, teaching with the federation’s programmes and sheets: the area for instructors and candidates.

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Becoming an instructor, keeping your rating, teaching with the federation’s programmes and sheets: the area for instructors and candidates.

Instructors

  • 1 106instructors
  • 36 monthsvalidity of the qualification
  • 6syllabuses, one for each microlight class

This section gives instructors and instructor candidates information on various aspects of microlight training:

  • How do you become a microlight instructor?
  • How do you ''maintain'' your instructor rating?
  • What is the Federal Label?
  • The pilot training programmes published by the FFPLUM for each of the 6 classes

You will also find tools (forms, technical or teaching sheets, etc.) to make your day-to-day work easier.

Microlight Instructor Training
Updating your knowledge
The teaching programme
Teaching and technical sheets
List of instructors
Paid flights certificate 2024
Order of 12 July 2019 on the rules for joining an aerodrome
Declare your flying sites
Provisional microlight pilot certificate
In-flight Companion Training (FAV) Level 1
In-flight Companion Training (FAV) Level 2
Solo flight

The calendar of instructor refresher courses is available in the federation calendar by clicking here

Federation support

Grants for instructors

The amount may not exceed 70% of the invoice paid by the beneficiary, and only up to the maximum amount that can be allocated.

  • Club instructor grantCapped at €1 800 (on receipts) for initial training (FFPLUM members, training in an organisation affiliated to the FFPLUM, volunteer contract in a club) or €500 (on receipts) for additional training.Instructor Grant Form (PDF)
  • Instructor refresher grantThe amount of this grant depends on the invoice paid.Instructor refresher form (PDF)
  • ENAC courseThe French Microlight Federation and the National Civil Aviation School (ENAC) are continuing their partnership, with 25 places reserved for instructors and trainee instructors who are FFPLUM members to take Phase 1 - the “teaching and learning” theory module of the FI course. The FFPLUM covers the ENAC course week up to €1 015.ENAC Course Form (PDF)

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The instructor’s tools

21 forms, certificates and guides, gathered from the instructors’ area, certificate training and the documents to download.

Also: teaching and technical sheets programmes by class

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