Wherever you go in the world to convert a licence to another, the Authority should only convert that which is current, and usually only those type ratings for aircraft types or variants that exist on the new country's register. So it is surprising to see the wording 'have held' in the past tense in the current CASA rules.
So interpreting 'have held', you theoretically could have someone rock up with a lapsed 30 year old licence issued in some former colony expecting to get the equivalent licence with maybe a B 720 type rating conferring pressurized, turbine and multi engine privileges, pass a medical and then head straight into a job flying single pilot VFR in the bush with virtually no further testing.
As for repealing Part 61, not a chance. In any case, once the proposed rules are sorted, we surely will be better off with something the rest of the world will understand.
Maybe when the Skull goes a new broom will adopt the NZ model of Part 61 and the rest of the NZ stuff that makes so much easier reading. We can only hope.
Last edited by Mach E Avelli; 15th Feb 2014 at 23:09.