So if you hold a UK PPL (A) which valid for life, upon gaining an EASA PPL (A) can you retain the UK PPL (A)?
I ask this as I refused to give up my UK PPL (A) upon gaining my UK CPL (A) and UK ATPL (A) and the CAA really were not happy, but I insisted as at the time the PPL was a lifetime licence. The other oddity, at a later stage while holding two pilots licences the CAA told me that my FRTOL was only valid on one licence at a time. So if you fly rotary and fixed wing, you would need to keep swapping the FRTOL between licences.
My second question what does a person do if they can not meet the 8th April 2017 dealine, this could be that they can not fly or on a temporary basis or could not meet the medical exam requirements on a temporary basis, that would seem very unfair. Have the CAA or EASA thought this out?
Last edited by Homsap; 9th Oct 2017 at 09:29.