Left Wing Down
6th Jul 2001, 04:26
My UK PPL (single engine, Group A - now UK JAR PPL) is due to expire on the 17th July. I've just been relocated by my company to the East Bay area of California (near San Francisco) and since I haven't managed to do the minimum hours required, I need to find a UK qualified examiner who can give me a flight test instead. It's highly unlikely that I'll be back in the UK before the expiry date so I need to find someone fairly local.
I've already got the FAA certificate to let me fly in the US as long as my UK PPL is valid, but trying to track down an examiner through AOPA (UK & US), CAA/FAA and word of mouth at the local field (Livermore) hasn't been successful. I'm hoping that someone on PPRuNe will know someone who knows someone who might be able to help. Even a suitably qualified UK airline pilot on a stop-over in San Francisco or Los Angeles.
I'd really appreciate any help you could provide.
And yes, I know I should never have let it get this close to the wire, such is life.
I've already got the FAA certificate to let me fly in the US as long as my UK PPL is valid, but trying to track down an examiner through AOPA (UK & US), CAA/FAA and word of mouth at the local field (Livermore) hasn't been successful. I'm hoping that someone on PPRuNe will know someone who knows someone who might be able to help. Even a suitably qualified UK airline pilot on a stop-over in San Francisco or Los Angeles.
I'd really appreciate any help you could provide.
And yes, I know I should never have let it get this close to the wire, such is life.