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Old 3rd Oct 2010, 00:34
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Doesn't really make a lot of sense. the ICAO does not (and never has) issue licences. They are issued by individual states or supranational authorities in accordance with ICAO recommendations and practices.

There seems to be a marked reluctance in some quarters to mention the actual state of issue of a pilots licence. Portugal was a member of the JAA.

ICAO does not issue any licences. Licences issued by ICAO Contracting States on the basis of Standards and Recommended Practices of Annex 1 – Personnel Licensing, are habitually called ICAO licences. This has led many to believe that there is a specific ICAO or international licence. The fact is that there is not one single international licence issued by ICAO or any other organization. States issue their own licences based on national regulations in conformity with Annex 1 specifications and validate licences issued by other Contracting States on the basis of bilateral or multilateral agreements or the fulfilment of nationally legislated requirements.


The terms applicable by the relevant licensing authority would provide your answer. Whilst the experience requirements would normally be satisfied whatever licence they were acquired with, a rating cannot be attached to a licence not issued by that same authority.
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