Wed Jun 07, 2017 9:17 am
#1539592
Here's my situation:
1) I have a UK PPL (pre-JAA) SEP license issued in 1998 with no additional ratings.
2) I haven't flown for 10 years.
3) My class 2 medical has long since expired.
4) I now want to fly again, but only on 3-axis microlights.
5) I have made a pilot medical self-declaration to the CAA.
So my questions that I'm looking for some guidance on please are as follows:
1) From my research through the CAA etc, I conclude that I don't need to do anything with my current licence and just need to get the relevant 3-axis training. Agreed or not?
2) Having said the above, my old licence now has the wrong address on it. It looks to me from the CAA website that just notifying a change of address might trigger a compulsory transfer to an EASA licence, which I neither want nor need. Any experience of this?
3) Assuming that the EASA transfer can be avoided somehow, when I notify my new address, presumably the CAA will issue a new licence of some type. Therefore, what will they issue (presumably they can no longer issue an old-style UK PPL), and what evidence (training?) will they need at the point of issue I wonder? Any thoughts?
4) Also, I wonder if my lifetime RT licence would survive the process Any thoughts?
Maybe it's just me but I'm finding it very difficult to find answers to the above from the CAA and I'm hoping that someone here may have experienced a similar situation.
Any comments/thoughts/advice greatly appreciated.
1) I have a UK PPL (pre-JAA) SEP license issued in 1998 with no additional ratings.
2) I haven't flown for 10 years.
3) My class 2 medical has long since expired.
4) I now want to fly again, but only on 3-axis microlights.
5) I have made a pilot medical self-declaration to the CAA.
So my questions that I'm looking for some guidance on please are as follows:
1) From my research through the CAA etc, I conclude that I don't need to do anything with my current licence and just need to get the relevant 3-axis training. Agreed or not?
2) Having said the above, my old licence now has the wrong address on it. It looks to me from the CAA website that just notifying a change of address might trigger a compulsory transfer to an EASA licence, which I neither want nor need. Any experience of this?
3) Assuming that the EASA transfer can be avoided somehow, when I notify my new address, presumably the CAA will issue a new licence of some type. Therefore, what will they issue (presumably they can no longer issue an old-style UK PPL), and what evidence (training?) will they need at the point of issue I wonder? Any thoughts?
4) Also, I wonder if my lifetime RT licence would survive the process Any thoughts?
Maybe it's just me but I'm finding it very difficult to find answers to the above from the CAA and I'm hoping that someone here may have experienced a similar situation.
Any comments/thoughts/advice greatly appreciated.