What schengen visa should the flight crew from outside the EU have?

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Under Annex VII(2) of the Schengen Borders Code, they may not need any visa at all:

Special rules for certain categories of persons

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  1. Pilots of aircraft and other crew members

    2.1. By way of derogation from Article 6 the holders of a pilot’s licence or a crew member certificate as provided for in Annex 9 to the Civil Aviation Convention of 7 December 1944 may, in the course of their duties and on the basis of those documents:

    (a) embark and disembark in the stop-over airport or the airport of arrival situated in the territory of a Member State;

    (b) enter the territory of the municipality of the stop-over airport or the airport of arrival situated in the territory of a Member State;

    (c) go, by any means of transport, to an airport situated in the territory of a Member State in order to embark on an aircraft departing from that same airport. In all other cases, the requirements provided for by Article 6(1) shall be fulfilled.

    2.2. Articles 7 to 14 shall apply to checks on aircraft crew members. Wherever possible, priority will be given to checks on aircraft crews. Specifically, they will be checked either before passengers or at special locations set aside for the purpose. By way of derogation from Article 8, crews known to staff responsible for border controls in the performance of their duties may be subject to random checks only.

Article 6 is the article on Entry conditions for third-country nationals. Articles 7 to 14 make up Chapter II, Control of external borders and refusal of entry. Article 8 is the article on Border checks on persons.

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