jaa or caa class 1

[McWho]

Hi there,

You want the JAA class1 medical. The explanation i was given was something along the lines that the CAA medical existed prior to the UK joining the JAA or prior to the JAA class 1 medical existing. In any case the JAA is the one to go for. To my knowledge it's accepted at all the FTOs in the UK including CTC, Oxford and Cabair and should be accepted in every JAA member country.

I would assume that the CAA medical may only be used within the UK, so your trainer and operator would have to be UK based. I'm almost sure that the CAA told me their own CAA class 1 medical is now defunct in favor of the JAA. Don't take my word for it though its been a while since I looked into it and I forget.