License Tranferral

[hueyracer]

Folks,

as i keep having trouble with the German authorities (LBA), who are subjectively interpreting the text from JAR-FCL as it suits them (turning it by 180° everytime i proof them wrong), i would like to transfer my license to another CAA (thinking about the UK)...

1. Has anyone done anything similar before?
2. What´s the process? How do i start?

[212man]

Not sure how EASA has changed it, but it used to be that either the licence holder or their employer's principle place of business had to be the UK. I looked at it for various JAR FCL licence holders we have - whose authorities have different policies on foreign (UK) TREs signing LPCs etc - but it wasn't possible.

[hueyracer]

Ok, can answer my own question:

No, it´s not possible-unless the pilot´s living in the country where he wants his license to be transfered to, or unless the employers´company is located in this country...

JAR-FCL 2.065 (c)

[Peter PanPan]

Huey, been there done that, it can definitely be a very smart move and can be fairly straightforward, feel free to pm me.

PPP

[Helinut]

I thought the whole point of this European c**p was to remove barriers and allow free movement etc etc :ugh:

[Nubian]

Huey,

Well, I think it's a diffrent practises than what the regs. might say. I know a quite a few pilots which has UK JAR licenses and other JAR-licenses but have never lived or worked for a company in the respecive countries, only they have done their conversion or education there.

Now an example:
A person holds a JAR license issued in lets say: ''Italy'', but go to work in the UK and change his license. He works there a while, before moving back to Italy. Then he have aquired the license based on the employer. Does that mean he must change back to Italy when he moves again??

[hueyracer]

There is no need to "change" your license.

Any JAR-license is valid in all JAR-countries-so he can fly with his italian license in the UK without a problem.

If he wants to transfer his license from Italy to the UK, he can do so-and when he moves back, he can transfer his license back to Italy (but there is no need to do it, unless he wants it).

According to JAR-FCL, a pilot can only hold ONE JAR-license at a time....