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Old 9th May 2013, 02:41
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Blind Squirrel
 
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CAA PPL to FAA PPL: new complications

Dear all,

Back in the day, to obtain an FAA (restricted use) PPL on the basis of a CAA PPL, all one needed to do was to present one's documents in person to the local Flight Standards District Office. But now, it seems, it's become a great deal more complicated. The current procedure appears to be as follows:-

1. Fill out this form (http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/SRG1160FFenabled1.pdf), authorising the CAA to tell the FAA that yes, the CAA licence in question is indeed valid. Pay the CAA £44 for the privilege.

2. Take a copy of one's current Certificate of Revalidation to the head of training of an EASA Authorised Training Organisation and have it certified.

3. Send 1 and 2 above to the CAA. Wait a month or two.

4. After receiving notification from the gurus at Gatwick, proceed to the FSDO with one's bumph and carry out the remainder of the procedure.

I'm getting hung up on no. 2. If one happens to be elsewhere in the world, does this mean that one must go to Britain specifically to have the CoR copy certified? Or are there ATOs acceptable to the CAA elsewhere in the world (preferably in the U.S.) at which this can be done?

Thanks for any advice -- especially from people who have already undergone this process.
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