Hello all,
A few of may remember that I started a thread back in February 2012 regarding the use of UAS instruction hours being accredited towards the issue of a PPL - which can be found here:
http://www.pprune.org/flying-instruc...wards-ppl.html
I have until recently been unable to move ahead with gaining my licence - life is hard
In that thread (
the legendary GTE) pointed out the following;
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From LASORS 2010...
Quote:
Any previous flying experience in single-engine piston
(Land) aeroplanes gained during any Service Elementary
Flying Training Courses including the UAS Flying Course
(that commenced prior to November 2000, or incomplete
courses from any period of time) may be counted
towards the requirements for the grant of a JAR-FCL
PPL(A). Applicants wishing to claim credits against these
requirements will be required to attend a Registered
Facility or approved FTO and provide logbook evidence of
their training (certified by their military course instructor)
to the Chief Flying Instructor. The CFI will then establish a
course of training taking into account previous experience
to ensure that the specific requirements of C1.2 have
been met.
In addition to any flying training required (where there
is a shortfall of requirements), applicants will be
required to complete one cross-country flight of at least
270km (150nm), during which full stop landings at two
aerodromes other than the aerodrome of departure shall
be made, pass all JAR-FCL PPL(A) theoretical knowledge
examinations* and pass the PPL(A) skill test.
* If the graduate is now a UK QSP(H) credits will be
given for the Navigation & Radio Aids and Meteorology
examinations.
(Section C1, page 6).
Presumably a UAS cadet who does not become a Qualified Service Pilot (QSP), qualifies as having done "incomplete courses from any period of time" ?
G
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Which I have acknowledge as their interpretation of a 'yes' use the hours of incomplete EFT syllabus training to gain a private licence. However, we go on to the recent implementation of the EASA licensing policy for Military Service Pilots (MSP's).
They have created a Military Accreditation Scheme (MAS) through a meeting with 22 Group and the CAA to allow EFT Graduates and above the credits towards the issue of a licence but they appear to have left the UAS students out.
Whilst I appreciate all the flying instruction I was blessed with recieving I wouldn't like it to go waste, can anyone put some light into the ambiguous issue and find a way for UAS hours to be counted towards the issue of a licence?
It would save me from heartbreak, the few thousand I do not have and the will to revisit the basics of flight to accredit the hours. As well god knows hour many others across 14 UAS's in a position similar to myself.
Thanks in advance
AOJM
Sources: CAP804 (CAA) Page 463 Part O - Credits for military pilots -
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP804rfs.pdf