Originally Posted by BackPacker
Oh man. I hold a UK CAA-issued JAR-FCL conforming PPL but a Dutch-issued JAR-FCL conforming medical. With that combination I can fly an aircraft registered in any JAA state, but now you're saying it's not good enough, in this combination, to get an FAA piggyback license?
The requirement laid down in 14 CFR 61.75(b)(4) is to hold a current medical certificate issued by the same country as the pilot license. Shall we go wild and tell the FAA the UK is not actually a country? And what's the difference since the UK has given away its sovereignty? It's an unforunate regulation to be trapped under, like so many others; perhaps an appeal should be made under §11.61. For the time being, unless the FAA can somehow issue an exemption, the easiest course of action is surely to obtain either an FAA medical certificate or a UK one.