Mon May 24, 2021 2:00 pm
#1848925
The CAA have today finally updated their webpage about the recognition of FAA certificate holders permanently residing in the UK. As the deadline for the deceleration expiry (20th June) was fast approaching.
The key point in the document ORS4 1490 is that this declaration expiry deadline has been pushed back to 21st Dec 2021.
However, one thing that caught my eye was the Explanatory Note at the bottom of page 2:
On the original webpage the CAA have also provided a "helpful" table to give a guide of requirements and costs to convert to a UK Part FCL Licence and a UK Validation Certificate (with the latter surprisingly costing almost twice as much as the former (£196 vs. £326) whilst only being valid 12 months and renewable only once!)
Does this seem to spell the beginning of the end for FAA licence holders flying in the UK??
I was hoping it would go the other way, and with the CAAs decidedly new-found freedom they would encourage FAA licence holders to fly in the UK just as the FAA has a simple and encouraging process to let EASA pilots fly in the US... It seems the CAA has chosen the opposite of encouragement.
The key point in the document ORS4 1490 is that this declaration expiry deadline has been pushed back to 21st Dec 2021.
However, one thing that caught my eye was the Explanatory Note at the bottom of page 2:
"With effect of 22 December 2021 FAA Airmen Certificate holders who permanently reside within the UK, cannot operate on the basis of such a certificate within United Kingdom airspace, such certificate holder must convert to a lifetime UK Part-FCL licence, or apply for a 12 months validation certificate
(renewable only once), should they want to continue operating in UK airspace. There will be no further alleviations provided unless the conditions for such an alleviation in article 71(1) of the retained Basic Regulation apply."
On the original webpage the CAA have also provided a "helpful" table to give a guide of requirements and costs to convert to a UK Part FCL Licence and a UK Validation Certificate (with the latter surprisingly costing almost twice as much as the former (£196 vs. £326) whilst only being valid 12 months and renewable only once!)
Does this seem to spell the beginning of the end for FAA licence holders flying in the UK??
I was hoping it would go the other way, and with the CAAs decidedly new-found freedom they would encourage FAA licence holders to fly in the UK just as the FAA has a simple and encouraging process to let EASA pilots fly in the US... It seems the CAA has chosen the opposite of encouragement.