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Old 15th Jun 2012, 14:58
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Austrian CAA: FAA licenses remain valid for N-reg in Europe

German pilot magazine Pilot und Flugzeug published an article citing an official response by the Austrian CAA to a pilot asking about the future of N-reg flying in Europe with Part FCL.

Austro Control (the equivalent of a CAA) states:
Auf Ihre Frage hin teilen wir Ihnen mit, dass gemäß den Bestimmungen des Abkommens über die Internationale Zivilluftfahrt (Regelungen der ICAO) ein Pilot weltweit (grenzüberschreitend) am Luftverkehr teilnehmen darf, solange der Staat, in welchem das Luftfahrzeug registriert wurde, auch die Pilotenlizenz ausgestellt hat. Registerstaat des Luftfahrzeuges und Lizenzausstellerstaat müssen also ident sein. Selbstverständlich gilt dies nur, wenn sowohl die Lizenz als auch das Luftfahrzeug allen Vorschriften der ICAO entsprechen.

Mit einer von den USA ausgestellten Pilotenlizenz können Sie also ein in den USA registriertes LFZ in Europa fliegen. Daran ändert sich auch nach Inkrafttreten der neuen Bestimmungen der VO (EU) 1178/2011 nichts.
A rough translation would be:

In response to your inquiry, we hereby inform you that according to the regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a pilot is allowed to participate in international aviation on a worldwide basis, as far as the State, in which the aircraft is registered also issued the pilot license. State of registry of the aircraft and state of issuance of the license have to be identical. Of course this only applies, if both the license and the aircraft conform to all requirements of ICAO.

With a pilot license issued by the USA, you are allowed to fly an aircraft in Europe which is registered in the USA. This will not change after the new regulations of Directive (EU) 1178/2011 come into effect.


This appears to be radically different from what we have heard so far. Let's hope the CAA guy didn't make a mistake here.

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