For the unaware, a rating lapsed for no more than 3 months needs, apart from the checkride itself,
- minimum of 0 (zero) re-training (or more as determined by the ATO Head of Training).
That is explicitly spelled out in the relevant paragraph of the regulation. With the normally allowed buffer of 3 months prior to annual expiry, one could go 15 months in between the licence check simulators.
Thus if the yearly validity is expired less than 3 months, there no immediate need to disjoint everything.
Basically, the regulator says: Until the official expiry it's the airline's playground,but in case its lapsed then out of the sandbox and let an independent supervisor decide and handle what needs to be done. The ATO plays an important role, through its internal quality assurance system. No longer TRE friends with pens and friendly inbreeding on the fleet.
Sorry for the technicalities.
Last edited by FlightDetent; 5th Jan 2021 at 22:06.