Originally Posted by
tume
You certaintly don't need to. Any EASA examiner can do your revalidation, it is just that non-UK Examiner can't endorse the Ratings page but you need to submit paperwork to UK CAA and pay the fee (88£ if I am not mistaken).
There are several "UK briefed" EASA examiners in Finland who can do this. They are familiar with the process along with required forms etc. (it's not hard to figure out by yourself). I just did a SET rating Skill Test with one in Finland this past summer, submitted the paperwork to the UK CAA and paid the fee (133£), simple as that.
How much SEP flight time you have within 12 months?
I've only actually got about 3 hours in the last 12 months, since I moved to Finland I haven't had much money available and flew only when visiting the UK. I also know of no close airports to me (Turku) that use PA28's so gave up on the idea of flying here.
So the revalidating by experience is out of the question for me since I'd need to fly 9 hours which I believe one hour of which needs to be a training flight. I can imagine that would cost over £1500, completely out of the question for me.
That's interesting though that I should be able to revalidate here, I thought I read something about instructors having to be pre-aproved by the CAA ? Could be old info though. Are you aware if I need to check with the CAA before any proficiency flight or anything ?
I may well look to do it here in Finland in the future as it sounds easier than i'd feared.
Thanks also to everyone else for the other answers.
Paul