I wonder if anyone here has taken advantage of Article 8.5 of the EASA Aircrew Regulation (Part FCL)
Aeroplane or helicopter type ratings may be issued to holders of Part-FCL
licences that comply with the requirements for the issue of those ratings
established by a third country. Such ratings will be restricted to aircraft
registered in that third country. This restriction may be removed when the
pilot complies with the requirements in point C.1 of Annex III.
What this means is that to comply with the EASA regs that require the crew of a (for example) N-reg aircraft operated by an EU resident to hold EASA qualifications, whilst the EASA CPL and IR requirements are more onerous, there is nothing to do in respect of the Type Rating.
I realise most operators will still be depending on the present Derogation, but wondered if anyone has experience of using the provisions of 8.5 above to get a TR valid only on (say) an N-reg airplane on an EASA licence and how the NAAs are implementing 8.5?
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