Also, can you shed any light on the Annex II aircraft situation which AIUI, fall outside of the scope of EASA? Presumably, these aircraft will need to be operated on national licences, or will the CAA simply issue them UK-limited EASA licences?
Regards, jez
Jez
Now that was interesting. The LPL issues only affect EASA aircraft, so Annexe II are specifically outside this scope. You will be able to fly an Annexe II on a National Licence and not the ICAO or EASA licence, but the transitional arrangements have not even been thought about yet.
One little funny that was mentioned was what if you fly, say, a Jodel and occasionally a PA28. The answer seems to be that the Jodel hours won't count towards the hours needed on the EASA licence.
But remember, this is what the consultation is about. We need to hit the stupidities asap, but do it in a rational and well-structured response using the EASA comment tool. If we don't in large enough numbers then we have only ourselves to blame.
Remember too that EASA will be looking at ways of bringing Annexe II and the microlighters into EASA's orbit. They don't like our Permit system and it will be brought into alignment with PArt M in due course. Consultation to start sometime in 2009.
One funny story told to us by David Roberts was an example of EASA lawyer stupidity. They have working groups to plan the requirements for each of the different aircraft types (light aircraft gliders, helicopters and balloons.)
As far as possible these requirements are aligned, so in the documentation it was proposed that balloons should carry an ASI. It took 4 meetings to convince the lawyer that it might not need to come out of its packaging.....