Who holds the Medical Records?
Any EASA Competent Authority can issue any EASA Licence or Rating
to any person provided they are also the Competent Authority that
holds that person's aviation medical records.
ie The Class 1 Medical must be done in the same country that will
issue the Licence.
ATO is irrelevant
Where the course is done does not matter as long as it was at an EASA ATO.
It is usually the competent authority of the EASA country the ATO is in which
will authorise it - not the UK CAA (though I suppose it can).
(EASA ATOs in non-EASA countries, eg USA, now being authorised centrally by EASA).
Examiner doesn't have to be a UK Examiner
Any EASA authorised Examiner can test, in any country - but if UK is required to issue
initial Licence then Examiner must be designated by UK CAA
Medical must be UK held
The UK CAA will only issue a Licence/Rating if they are also the
competent authority that holds your medical records
Last edited by Level Attitude; 22nd May 2013 at 14:26.