Flip Flop! I have just spent the last 2 hours trying to make sense of CAP804. Eye strain, headache and bad temper have set in.
As far as I can work out my current JAR PPL(A) is now magically an EASA PPL(A) which, on expiry in 2016 will be updated in the new format of EASA and will be never expiring. Current SEP rating vailidity requirements remain the same for an EASA PPL(A) as a JAR PPL(A).
Can someone please tell me what the advantage of the EASA PPL(A) is over a EASA LAPL? For someone flying a PA28-161 for example? The validity requirment for an LAPL seems much easier then a PPL(A), just 12 hours over 24 months and 1 flight with an instructor.
Which makes me think..How do you get an EASA LAPL when you already have (apparently) an EASA PPL(A)?
If I want to fly microlights and SEP then sending off for a NPPL seems to make sense and then just have both ratings, do one hour on one and 12 on the other etc etc BUT from April 2015 if I want to fly an EASA aircraft (PA28 for eg) then I can't without an EASA License!
Hey ho...time for a stiff drink and bed!