Wed Apr 27, 2022 11:54 am
#1909302
Just ranting really.
Just going through the process of adding the MEP to my UK CPL. To do this I have to prove that I have over 70 hours PiC of aeroplanes.
Which I had to have umpty years ago to get my CPL, and clearly those hours haven't subsequently gone down.
So I have to provide my logbook. Like many people I have an electronic logbook, like many other people also I have 4-figure hours.
So I have to print the whole lot out, sign each page (19 sides of A3 in very small print), scan that in (degrading the quality) creating a PDF, then send it to CAA - to prove to them that I have more than 70hrs PiC, which I already proved to them twice over a decade ago for issue of both my CPL, and my CRI.
Just, well, why? Either a simple PDF from my electronic logbook and statement that it's true (a tick box on an online form would suffice) or even better, CAA can just check that they've already issued me with a licence that required more than that, and exempt me from the requirement - thus saving time, paper, and effort for all concerned.
Or actually the third option, and that taken by the IAA when I applied for the same rating to be added to the equivalent EASA licence - trust the ATO and examiner to have checked my logbook and confirmed I was eligible to take the skill test.
G
Just going through the process of adding the MEP to my UK CPL. To do this I have to prove that I have over 70 hours PiC of aeroplanes.
Which I had to have umpty years ago to get my CPL, and clearly those hours haven't subsequently gone down.
So I have to provide my logbook. Like many people I have an electronic logbook, like many other people also I have 4-figure hours.
So I have to print the whole lot out, sign each page (19 sides of A3 in very small print), scan that in (degrading the quality) creating a PDF, then send it to CAA - to prove to them that I have more than 70hrs PiC, which I already proved to them twice over a decade ago for issue of both my CPL, and my CRI.
Just, well, why? Either a simple PDF from my electronic logbook and statement that it's true (a tick box on an online form would suffice) or even better, CAA can just check that they've already issued me with a licence that required more than that, and exempt me from the requirement - thus saving time, paper, and effort for all concerned.
Or actually the third option, and that taken by the IAA when I applied for the same rating to be added to the equivalent EASA licence - trust the ATO and examiner to have checked my logbook and confirmed I was eligible to take the skill test.
G
I am Spartacus, and so is my co-pilot.