Provided you've previously been issued a UK IR you can use your non EASA licence IR date of renewal/revalidation for the purpose of renewing/revalidating your EASA IR.
European IR's have 1/5/7 year expiry caveats (I think, without looking at CAP804). What the UK CAA will now look at is the date on your non EASA licence to stipulate what caveat if any applies. Simply put, if you don't have current EASA IR the CAA now look at your non EASA IR date. But you still have to do an LPC/Skills test with an EASA/TRE to be able to exercise the privileges of your EASA IR on your EASA licence. But you don't need to do anything now as long as you maintain your ICAO IR.
Your UK IR is safe based on your 777 IR from abroad...
Full acceptance of Type ratings from abroad without the requirement to do a test with an EASA TRE? Now that's another issue possibly...
Clear as mud? It's hard to explain sometimes. Re read my big post and it should now be clearer.
FM.
Last edited by Fart Master; 14th Jun 2013 at 22:28.