Also note that if it lapses you *MUST* fly with an examiner!
My class rating lapsed earlier this year, and a CFI sent me off with an FI, and then duely signed the form off and told me I was legal
Thankfully, I can read, and LASORS is your friend. I believe the CAA had a "word" with him, and I did the proper test a couple of months later (pesky wx) - but it put me out of pocket and kept me grounded!
There were a few new items on the test I'd not done before - recovery from a spiral dive (the FE took over on the steep turn, pushed it a bit further over and pointed downwards before asking me to recover), and also an emergency stop on the runway/taxiway from takeoff power. Hadn't done them before in the skills test (and not mentioned by an FI I'd flown a few hours with previously).
I won't be making the same mistake again, and I'll get my hour in sharpish!!!
