Update,
I had an email from the UK CAA today.
I would like to thank them for the reply, and hope that they don't object to me posting an extract here.
So the answer I have been given is as follows:
[I][The point
that "to convert to an EASA licence one needs to hold a JAR-FCL licence"
does not apply in your case. EASA has made no provision for Flight
Engineers licences within Part-FCL and thus the JAR-FCL4 licence will
cease in April 2012. From April 2012 the National requirements for
Flight Engineers will continue to be applied and therefore there will be
no change to the current CAA Flight Engineer Licence./I]
So it would appear that those FE's that hold a JAR FCL 4 are now in trouble! What say you guys?
Last edited by b707eng; 4th May 2011 at 20:02.