European questions rarely benefit from North American answers!
Really?
I live in B.C. and we have a lot more mountains than France has, and just for the record I flew in France for quite a few years and never needed a mountain rating...in fact I had no idea there was such a thing.....
....so who issues this rating and under what authority?
French "altiports" to give them their proper name require an additional rating to enable you to operate in and out of them. Chuck / Piperboy - that is what is being referred to
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Once again, what authority issues and enforces the mountain rating?
Google "Courcheval" and you might realise why
I am quite familiar with the Alps.....
Google " mount aconcagua " .
In 1975 I spent half a day bombing a fire on the border of Chile and Argentina at the eight thousand foot level of the west side of Anconcauga in a PBY. So I think I am at least one North American who understands mountains.....
...but never ever heard of needing a mountain rating in any part of the world I flew in.
