FAA PPL and EASA helicopter

[Ed Thrust IV]

Can someone remind me where I find the rules for flying an EASA registered aircraft on a FAA PPL(H) in the UK? Many thanks.

[Thracian]

EASA would not tell you that:


You´ll find the basic regulation within Part-FCL (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:311:0001:0193:EN:PDF) (Article 8 on page 4 and Annex III, p169 - 172).
But it only says, that a foreign license "...may be validated by the competent authority of a Member State"
So, under the rules of Annex III, the CAA in UK had to specify, if and how they validate and/or convert FAA licenses.
You will have to ask the CAA how they did it.


Have fun

Thracian

[rotarywise]

Deferral of the UK's implementation of the EASA requirements for validation of pilot licences for private purposes was announced in IN 2015/028 (http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=11&mode=detail&id=6704). This expires on 8 April 2016 and, unless a further deferral is announced, Part-FCL will apply thereafter. The validation rules applying to non-EASA aircraft are in the UK ANO, Article 62.

Note that the UK deferral applies only to UK-registered aircraft.

Edited to add:

Latest from the EU Commission:

Regulation 1178/2011 Flight Crew Licensing, amendment delaying the implementation of the provisions for third country pilots licences. The Commission advised that the amendment is moving through the Council and Parliament co-decision process and should be in place by 8 April 2016. The change is intended to allow additional time to conclude a change to the EU-US bilateral aviation safety agreement to include new arrangements for Flight Crew Licensing.So it looks as though the current deferral could be extended.