...or get an FAA IR and fly an N reg IFR over here of course...... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" /> . .. . </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Whilst your forecast of the JAA's life expectancy may or may not be true, it is already clear that it will not be the UK CAA that takes control of its licensing but the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). As an EU Agency, EASA will be able to enshrine the JAA requirements into EU law, removing what little flexibility the UK CAA now claims. It is likely that most licensing functions will be transferred to EASA HQ, probably in Belgium or the Netherlands, leaving the UK FCL as no more than a regional office, somewhat akin to a FAA FSDO. It is a little understood fact that plans are well advanced for this bureaucratic nightmare, which is due to take over responsibility for all EU states' flight crew licensing within a few years. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">As BEagle points out in another thread, EASA will probably not bother themselves with a PPL, leaving it in the capable hands of the CAA.... .. .Cheers. .EA. . . . <small>[ 20 March 2002, 17:12: Message edited by: englishal ]</small>