Originally Posted by stick&rudder
There's no requirement to carry your pilot's licence for private flights within the UK, as far as i'm aware, so you only need to carry it if going abroad, in which case you'd need your passport anyway.
I don't carry my license when i go flying - have I been doing it wrong?!
Try getting into a major airport without it.......even for a private flight...You might soon hear the worrying "snap" of a rubber glove being donned. Worse, some security personel can't understand that not all pilots have (or need) a plastic airport ID card.
It's become even worse in USA. A few weeks ago, I was came under suspicion and was delayed for some time at the immigration desk. Why? Because I couldn't produce a pilots ID swipe card, despite having a passport with an entry visa (used many times previously) and a valid ATPL. Even worse, I was only on a civvy inbound flight as a passenger and not operating crew.
