Flying in Australia on a UK PPL
I have posted this question in the D&G forums but it occurs to me that most of the posters on there are Australian or have Australian licenses so I'll post it again here to see if there are any UK pilots who have recently made the trip down under and managed to fly on their UK license.
CASA now requires of all pilots applying for a Certificate of Validation the following in respect to English Language Proficiency (ELP):
"if you do not have an ELP 4/5/ or 6 recorded on your overseas flight crew license you will need to be assessed by a CASA authorised Approved Testing Officer (ATO) at one of the approved Testing Centres"
My license only has "English Proficiency: English" which is described as not being acceptable to CASA.
Has anyone managed to get through this particular hurdle without something spending hundreds or taking days out to travel to sit exams? Does anyone know if it is a relatively simple task to close this bureaucratic loophole?