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Old 4th Feb 2011, 10:06
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CAA to Part FCL

The CAA has published a letter regarding changes to EASA. Para 6.4 of that letter encourages pilots holding CAA licences to convert to JAA licences at a cost as defined in the scheme of charges.
6.4 It is recommended that any holders of national licences who can comply with the requirements to have them replaced by JAR-FCL licences should do so. This is because JAR-FCL licences will automatically become EASA licences, and so should be less affected by any administrative delays that may occur due to the volume of licences to be replaced.
C.J.Whittaker
Head of Licensing & Training Policy
Now, trawling through the EASA web site you can find the following:
Article 4
National pilot licences

1. National pilot licences, including any associated ratings, certificates, authorisations and/or qualifications, issued or recognised by a Member State in accordance with the JAA requirements and procedures before the entry into force of this Regulation, shall be deemed to have been issued in accordance with this Regulation.

2. By the date of applicability of the related provisions of Part-FCL in accordance with Article 10, holders of national pilot licences, including any associated ratings, certificates, authorisations and/or qualifications shall have their national pilot licences converted into Part-FCL licences and associated ratings or certificates by the competent authority of the Member State that issued the national pilot licence.
Thus, it is very clear that any licence maintained in accordance with JAR-FCL, is deemed to be issued in accordance with EASA regulation, so no conversion to a JAA licence is necessary. Furthermore, it is the competent Authority's (CAA's) responsibility to convert that licence to a Part FCL licence in the nominated time frame. The thinly veiled threat in para 6.4 above, is an utter disgrace from the so called Competent Authority!

The CAA recently re-issued all licences FOC to add the ICAO English Language Proficiency however; they failed to anticipate the Part-FCL requirement, which had already been published, to include the validity date of that assessment. Licences will therefore have to be re-issued to comply with Part FCL on two counts, and there is no justification whatsoever for charging licence holders for this action or threatening them of delays if they don't meet unnecessary requirements!
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