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Old 12th Nov 2018, 16:40
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CAA advice for student pilots (EU Exit)

Got a notification email about this. The CAA have added a new note to their EU Exit microsite:

"Students undertaking training and examinations for an EASA Part-FCL Licence

Should no deal be agreed between the EU and the UK, existing training organisation approvals and/or declarations would remain valid under UK law.

Where a Competent Authority other than the CAA would be the State of Licence issue, the European Commission has said that it would not recognise training courses conducted by UK-issued approved or declared training organisations where training for a licence, rating or certificate is completed after 29 March 2019.

However, EASA has said that it would accept third country applications from UK Approved Training Organisations, and such organisations may need to decide whether, in a non-negotiated withdrawal, they wish to retain both a national and also seek an EASA approval.

Therefore, students undertaking or considering commencing a course of theoretical knowledge or flight training for a pilot’s licence, rating or certificate are recommended to approach their current or potential future training provider to establish what approvals the organisation currently holds and what additional approvals it intends to seek in the event of non-negotiated withdrawal. This should assist them in determining how best to achieve their own personal training aims.

The CAA intends to continue to recognise current (and valid) EASA certificates and declarations for an initial period of up to two years, but no decision has been made about ongoing validity after this period."

Now someone will have to correct me if I'm wrong here, because as usual the use of double-negatives makes it a little difficult to understand. However my summary from this:

If you're training for an EASA Part-FCL licence but not intending to be finished by 29 March 2019 (as is my situation), then under a no-deal Brexit EASA will not recognise your training if it was conducted by a UK CAA ATO unless they have subsequently applied for and received approval to continue providing EASA approved training courses. Therefore you should discuss this with your ATO to determine whether you would be happy training only for a UK licence (i.e. no longer an EASA licence), or whether to train under an ATO which will still be EASA approved for Part-FCL courses post-March 2019.

Alternatively of course, a deal might be negotiated, in which case the UK CAA may be able to continue training students toward an EASA Part-FCL licence for a set period of time.

Have I understood this right?

Ta - RR.

Source: https://info.caa.co.uk/eu-exit/student-pilots/

Last edited by Ronaldsway Radar; 12th Nov 2018 at 16:43. Reason: Added sentence in italics.
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