Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:26 pm
#1221182
I rarely fly MEP. But all of a sudden I might need to fly quite a few hours in a short space of time. In the past I've let my rating expire but when it gets to the 5 years (or I need to do a load of flying in one) I see an appropriate instructor get training as required and then sit a test.
Cost have already gone up as its now 3 years. And if I let it go longer than this I now have to do a full MEP course.
On top of this my MEP which had expired by 4 months when I converted to an EASA licence now has the rating on the back. So if I renew it by test I then have to send the licence off to the CAA to have it put on the front.
The out come of this is that it is no longer financially viable for me to keep my MEP rating current. Plus when I get notice that there is some twin flying to be done I need to be up and running in days. With the changes I now have to send it off to the CAA and wait for its return. Due to the time that takes its no longer logistically possible either.
Can't examiners be regard as persons approved/representing the CAA and therefore be allowed to write the rating on the front when its renewed?
Cost have already gone up as its now 3 years. And if I let it go longer than this I now have to do a full MEP course.
On top of this my MEP which had expired by 4 months when I converted to an EASA licence now has the rating on the back. So if I renew it by test I then have to send the licence off to the CAA to have it put on the front.
The out come of this is that it is no longer financially viable for me to keep my MEP rating current. Plus when I get notice that there is some twin flying to be done I need to be up and running in days. With the changes I now have to send it off to the CAA and wait for its return. Due to the time that takes its no longer logistically possible either.
Can't examiners be regard as persons approved/representing the CAA and therefore be allowed to write the rating on the front when its renewed?
Last edited by Bathman on Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:25 am, edited 1 time in total.