IR with a LAPL (A)
I have a JAR PPL with IR and class 2 medical, but I had a pacemaker fitted 6 weeks ago.
Certainly I hope to get that medical back, which will require 3 months plus and about £1000 of unnecessary medical checks to do.
But in the mean time I want to fly my permit (Annexe 2) aircraft. I applied for an NPPL and have put a medical declaration into my Doctor. This should get me flying my Annexe 2 aircraft very shortly.
However an eminent AME and Medical Declaration Advisor has asked me why I did not apply for a LAPL. I replied 'because I cannot hold 2 EASA licences (the JAR PPL being effectively an EASA licence) and I cannot retain the IR with a LAPL, so presumably I would lose the IR'.
He insisted I could have an IR with a LAPL. Is he right? My understanding and my reading here and elsewhere says the opposite. Can anyone clarify?