Originally Posted by
iggy
I know plenty of pilots with FAA licenses that are flying overseas on a validation on their FAA license. They send the LPC done with the airline they are flying with to the FAA, and the FAA keeps their license valid so they can continue using it to get a validation. The only thing they can't avoid is to renew their FAA Class I with a FAA AME. If they wanted to fly a N-reg airplane, they would have to go to the US and do a LPC with a FAA examiner.
Keep Valid ? The FAA license and ratings on it are valid for life with or without an LPC....