SEP Rating Revalidation
Hi Paul,
As mentioned by IRRenewal and others, the important date is the one on your RATINGS - CERTIFICATE OF REVALIDATION page in the celebrated poo-brown booklet. Check the latest date in the Valid until column. In the 12 months leading up to that date you will have to have done the following:
1. Flown 12 hours in an SEP or TMG, of which:
i. A minimum of 6 hours must be PIC
ii. The flights include a minimum of 12 take-offs & landings.
2. Include a training flight of at least 1 hour with an instructor (FI(A) or CRI(A)), who must countersign your logbook.
The Ratings page in your licence then needs to be signed by an Examiner, which can be a bit of a 'gotcha' as moona mentions above. If this is signed within the last three months of the existing rating validity, the new rating runs for a full two years from the end of the existing one. If for some reason the Examiner signed off the Rating earlier than three months before the existing one expires, the new one will run for two years from date of signing.
All dates relating to Ratings run as 12 or 24 months from the date of issue and not 'calendar years'.
All this exciting stuff is in LASORS Section F1.4
If you need any assistance, there are a few of us CRI's around, some of whom have the Revalidation Examiner (R) Authorisation, so can deal with the Rating sign off as long as you have met the experience requirements.
Feel free to PM.
Safe Flying,
Richard W.