Mach Jump wrote:
This means that if you let your Medical lapse to a LAPL one, you can only use it with an ATPL, CPL, LAPL, or NPPL, but not with a PPL!
They're proposing to include LAPL privileges within the PPL. Which could well lead to utter confusion, due to the lack of 'Ratings' and different validity requirements. A pilot could well fly something like a C152 'using LAPL privileges', but with a lapsed SEP Class Rating. So what happens when he gets his medical back - does he now need to fly a proficiency check in order to renew his SEP Class Rating?
Fair enough to find a way of letting a pilot continue to fly if his Class 2 lapses, but meets LAPL medical requirements. My recommendation is simply to restrict his SEP Class Rating to the same 2000 kg / 4 PoB / EASA MS only limits as the LAPL, but to maintain the Class rating as normal.