Am I missing something or is your situation akin to a UK CAA/JAA/EASA (call it what you like) PPL holder going off to USA and expecting to hop into a N Reg and fly off into the blue yonder?
That doesn't happen: Why should you be any different?
Because, unlike the FAA, the CAA (via the ANO) automatically validates all ICAO PPL holders to fly G-reg planes, that's why.
This is borne out by the fact that the CAA aren't denying I can fly in the UK. Unfortunately they are saying that it is not up to them whether or not I can fly a G-reg in any other country (which as I understand it is incorrect).
Ask her for a reference.
I think the odds of ever getting to speak to her again are vanishingly small. I was never supposed to get that high up in the first place and only managed it by making a serious nuisance of myself.
I guess what a really need is something from the ICAO stating that the default position between member countries is to allow any pilot flying another ICAO country's plane that is validated by that country.
Anybody got any ideas about how I go about getting that?
