Originally Posted by
brockbank
My Cirrus is N reg but owned by Delaware Trust, I am English and spend over 6 months each year in USA, only 3 months in the UK. Am I resident in EASA land, and seeing as my aircraft is operated by a USA Trust, can I fly in EASA? I can find no definition of 'residency'.
Thanks
David
Dave,
I think you will find it unlikely the trust operates the aircraft (they own it, but that is not the same as operating). However, if you are non-resident in the EU for tax purposes and resident in the US, I would have thought you are established in the US not in the EU. It is also quite likely that you are the operator as well - so the rules appear not to apply to your specific situation.
(NOTE - IANAL and no one has definitive rulings on this issue).