Under the current JAA rules, you can have a medical that was issued by a different JAA country, than your pilot license.
E.g. because I did my training in the USA, at a flight school that was operating under the British CAA rules, I have a UK JAA PPL.
While I had my medical exam in my home country the Netherlands.
This all seems to change next year.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/620/d-FAQM...paper%20v3.pdf
5.Which country can I apply to for an EASA licence?
You may apply for an EASA licence for each category of aircraft; but you may only hold
one EASA licence for each category. All EASA licences issued to an individual must be
from the same EASA Member State, which must be the State that issued the EASA
Medical Certificate to that individual and holds their medical records. A licence holder
may change their State of Licence issue, but to do so they must have their medical
certificate and all of their EASA licences issued by the new State of Licence issue.
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20. I have licences from more than one European country, what happens about that?
The EU regulations specify that an individual may only hold one EASA Part-MED
Medical Certificate, and that all of the EASA licences held by an individual must be
issued by the same State that issues the Medical Certificate.
If you have JAA licences issued by more than one country you must decide before 8th
April 2012 which of those countries is going to be your State of licence issue for EASA
licences - it must be the State that holds your medical records. You must then apply to
that State to transfer to them any JAA licences you hold that were issued by other
countries.
If you have national licences that will only be used to fly non-EASA aircraft, those
licences can continue to be used, subject to continuing support and administration being
provided by the issuing authorities.
Transferring my UK PPL to the Netherlands is going to take paperwork and cost a hefty 539 EUR and 7 cents administrative fee.
So was wondering if it was possible to do it the other way around, and exchange my NL medical for a UK one instead.
Anyone know what that would take?
Is it possible to simply visit a UK medical examiner, take a class 2 renewal, and walk out with a new UK medical?