MCC stands for Multi-Crew Cooperation and is a certificate required for a frozen ATPL. A frozen ATPL means that the ATPL theory (13 subjects) has been completed, together with a CPL with IR and ME and an MCC certificate, but there are not yet enough hours for a full ATPL. It is the standard entry licence for working as a first officer at an airline. The aim of an MCC course is to introduce you to the multi-crew concept, airline SOPs, checklists, speed and possibly FMS and EFIS. After an integrated course you hold a CPL with multi-engine rating, instrument rating and MCC; together with the ATPL theory this is called a frozen ATPL. It 'unfreezes' into an ATPL once 1,500 hours in total have been reached and the requirements for multi-crew, instrument and night hours have been met. If you want to continue on the modular route after a PPL(A) towards multi-crew commercial flying, you need CPL-ME, IR-ME, Night VFR, MCC and ATPL theory to obtain a frozen ATPL. This can optionally be supplemented with UPRT and a type rating. These elements can be completed in almost any order, with mutual credits, but a logical sequence is Night, IR-SE, ME plus IR-ME, CPL-ME and finally MCC. Modular training means completing the elements at your own pace and in different places. From the CPL onwards, it becomes more relevant where you train, and where you do the final APS MCC module can open doors.12345

A combined MCC/JOC course takes about 10 days. The flight training typically includes 24 hours of Airbus A320 simulator training and 25 hours of theory training. The price of a combined MCC/JOC course can vary, for example EUR 3,152 for one pilot in a two-person crew. MCC training includes ground school, flight training and simulator exercises. MCC courses sometimes claim that only 7% of communication is verbal. According to a pilot in 2024, this claim, which goes back to a single study, does not apply to understanding something like a clearance. According to a pilot in 2008, an MCC on a full flight simulator adds little, because the motion element contributes nothing to the learning process. A pilot who followed a modular route alongside a full-time job between 2014 and 2017 completed the MCC/JOC in 2 weeks in Ireland. According to one candidate in 2022, MCC was by then included in the training at Global Aviation SA. According to an applicant in 2007, NEAR's integrated course led to both JAR-FCL papers (CPL, instrument rating, multi-engine, MCC and ATPL theory) and FAA papers (CPL, instrument rating, multi-engine, flight instructor and instrument instructor). The training can end with a grading for airlines.167891011

The integrated MCC/type rating training of KLM Flight Academy takes two months and follows two months of basic theory, 13 months of theory and single-engine flying, a six-month CPL phase and one month of multi-engine flying. The integrated ATPL(A) course of the Lufthansa European Flight Academy takes about 22 months and includes ground school in Bremen, basic flight training in Rostock-Laage, advanced training in Phoenix/Goodyear, Arizona, and MCC/JOC in Bremen. The MCC/JOC phase in Bremen takes about 2 months. The integrated ATPL(A) course of the Wizz Air Pilot Academy takes about 18 to 22 months and includes ATPL ground school, basic and advanced flight training, instrument and multi-engine ratings, MCC/JOC and an Airbus A320 type rating. CAE's integrated ATPL programme (2024) starts with ground school in Brussels, Madrid or London, followed by CPL in Phoenix, the multi-engine rating in Oxford and finally MCC back at the ground school location. It ends with an aftercare programme with training for airline applications and gradings.17