Re: EASA PPL to LAPL
PostPosted:Sun May 05, 2019 9:28 am
Mikebbb, looking at that document, it seems that you could have ticked more than one box. You may, therefore, now have to submit a further form.
Oh, and you would not be the first one to go down the NPPL route (if that is the case) due to a misunderstanding of the licensing system. I know someone who recently took up flying who, I think, might now wish he had spent a little more money and gone for the EASA LAPL instead of NPPL(M). Unfortunately, he has also paid in advance for the course!
That said, I am not knocking NPPL(M) as it certainly suits many pilots who only intend to fly in the U.K. and who wish to keep flying costs down!
Just to clarify on the matter of EASA PPL validated with LAPL Medical Certificate, this is an option not yet in place. It was hoped to be available by this summer. The idea is to allow current EASA PPL holders to fly with reduced license privileges (i.e. EASA LAPL privileges) without the need to convert their existing licenses.
Unlike the “self-declare” this is, therefore, a European provision, not one restricted to the U.K.
And I also forgot, in my case, that if I did convert to LAPL in October, my current Class 2 would cover me for a further twelve months, so need to self-declare or take the LAPL medical exam as I suggested previously.
See, even I got confused!
Oh, and you would not be the first one to go down the NPPL route (if that is the case) due to a misunderstanding of the licensing system. I know someone who recently took up flying who, I think, might now wish he had spent a little more money and gone for the EASA LAPL instead of NPPL(M). Unfortunately, he has also paid in advance for the course!
That said, I am not knocking NPPL(M) as it certainly suits many pilots who only intend to fly in the U.K. and who wish to keep flying costs down!
Just to clarify on the matter of EASA PPL validated with LAPL Medical Certificate, this is an option not yet in place. It was hoped to be available by this summer. The idea is to allow current EASA PPL holders to fly with reduced license privileges (i.e. EASA LAPL privileges) without the need to convert their existing licenses.
Unlike the “self-declare” this is, therefore, a European provision, not one restricted to the U.K.
And I also forgot, in my case, that if I did convert to LAPL in October, my current Class 2 would cover me for a further twelve months, so need to self-declare or take the LAPL medical exam as I suggested previously.
See, even I got confused!