Strafer,
Its plainly obvious, the reason the UK licence is so expensive is that the plastic wallet it came in had to be JAA approved which took months of expensive research including foreign jollys to all member states to get cross acceptance.
But the brown plastic wallet design was there before JAR-FCL came into force. lol
You JAA guys have it easy on the wallet, before JAA the PPL cost more to have issued with the same brown folder... £201 I paid for mine. Mind you it is valid for life so have no 5 yearly renewal fee the JAA PPL's have associated with them.
> With the FAA licence only the cardboard had to be approved
> by some guy sat in an office in Oklahoma, hence why is was
> free
The new FAA certificates are free...
Oh dublinpilot asked if they can have theirs replaced with the new version. Take a look at
http://faa.broaddaylight.com/faa/FAQ_35_173.shtm, it'll cost ya $2.
The new style FAA certificate came in on the 31st July.
Best wishes
Charlie Zulu.