Ebbie 2003, I agree. If an incident was to occur and the FAA were to verify with the UK CAA if the licence is still valid the response from the CAA would likely be "no". In CAP804 the CAA say that a person must have a current medical certificate for a licence to be valid, so I wouldn't be surprised if they applied this in foreign licence validation requests from the FAA.
It's a big risk to take.
Mark 1, MED.A.30 only mentions licences and licence holders, not ratings or privileges. A PPL licence holder must have a minimum class 2 medical. So a licence holder without is not complying with requirements to be a licence holder. I understand that to mean the licence would not be valid, and the CAA make clear in CAP804 that is their view also.
Last edited by wb9999; 25th August 2013 at 06:16.