Wed Jul 04, 2018 7:59 pm
#1622528
Went to see my AME today as my medical was running out and I had a heart attack in May and knew I wasn't going to get a new certificate.
My licence is EASA PPL. The doctor said I had two options to continue to fly.
a) Swap my licence for a LAPL, and self declare under the LAPL scheme
b) Keep my PPL but Self Declare under the recently introduced PPL scheme - but no night or instrument flying (I don't have either rating), and no flying in Europe (probably not going to do that in the near future anyway)
I couldn't see the benefit of swapping to a LAPL at the moment so I went onto the CAA website and completed the form for a:
"EU Part- Flight Crew Licensing (FCL) Private Pilot Licence (PPL) to fly non-EASA aircraft"
and sent it off.
Now to my questions, thanks for your patience!
Is this the right application for me?
Do I need to wait for it to be approved or am I now self declared as soon as I complete the form?
What does it mean by Non-EASA aircraft? I currently fly a Jodel on the LAA register, is this ok?
Thanks for any guidance you can give. Looking forward to getting back in the air after nine months off with cancer and a heart attack. Fingers crossed I've got it right!
My licence is EASA PPL. The doctor said I had two options to continue to fly.
a) Swap my licence for a LAPL, and self declare under the LAPL scheme
b) Keep my PPL but Self Declare under the recently introduced PPL scheme - but no night or instrument flying (I don't have either rating), and no flying in Europe (probably not going to do that in the near future anyway)
I couldn't see the benefit of swapping to a LAPL at the moment so I went onto the CAA website and completed the form for a:
"EU Part- Flight Crew Licensing (FCL) Private Pilot Licence (PPL) to fly non-EASA aircraft"
and sent it off.
Now to my questions, thanks for your patience!
Is this the right application for me?
Do I need to wait for it to be approved or am I now self declared as soon as I complete the form?
What does it mean by Non-EASA aircraft? I currently fly a Jodel on the LAA register, is this ok?
Thanks for any guidance you can give. Looking forward to getting back in the air after nine months off with cancer and a heart attack. Fingers crossed I've got it right!