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21st Feb 2007, 13:25
NPPL ANO AMENDMENT 2007
The consultation period for the NPPL ANO amendment proposals will run until the end of March 2007. These amendment proposals have been discussed at length and agreed within the NPPL Policy and Steering Committee, consisting of representatives from AOPA, BBGA, BGA, BMAA, CAA, GAPAN and PFA.
This note summarises the main points and should not be considered as the authoritative document; however, the formal proposals and Regulatory Impact Assessment willl shortly be available on the CAA PLD website.
MAIN CHANGES
• Aircraft Class Ratings included in an NPPL will have a fixed 2 year validity period rather than the current mix of rolling validity periods for some aircraft classes and fixed periods for others.
• The NPPL may include aircraft Class Ratings for SSEA, SLMG and/or Microlight aeroplanes. To fly aircraft of these classes, the appropriate Class Rating must be included in the licence; the SSEA Class Rating alone will no longer include SLMG or Microlight privileges.
• The NPPL may include Flying Instructor Ratings for SLMG and/or Microlight aeroplanes.
CLASS RATING REVALIDATION REQUIREMENTS
• To revalidate NPPL aircraft Class Ratings, licence holders must, in the 2 year period, complete 12 hours total flight time, including 8 hours as PIC and 12 take-offs and landings. If they wish to carry passengers, a total of not less than 1 hour of accumulated training flying must also be included within these 12 hours and the licence holder must maintain 90 day recency.
• If 2 or more NPPL aircraft Class Ratings are held, the 12 hours experience and 12 take-offs and landings can include flight time in any of such aircraft for which a Class Rating is held, but a minimum of 1 hour (either PIC or PU/T) must be flown on aircraft of each Class.
• If the licence holder wishes to restrict his/her licence privileges to aircraft fitted with a single seat, no training flying will be required. 2-seat aircraft flown solo will not be considered to be ‘single seat’ aircraft!
• Revalidation may alternatively be achieved by passing a General Skill Test (GST).
• Revalidation will extend the validity period of the Class Rating for a further 2 years from the date of the previous expiry (as is the current case for JAR-FCL SEP Class Ratings).
CLASS RATING RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS
• To renew a lapsed Class Rating, there will now be only 2 basic cases, much like the revised JAR-FCL cases:
- Less than 5 years lapsed – pass a GST
- More than 5 years lapsed – pass a GST and an oral exam with the GST examiner.
SLMG AND MICROLIGHT AFI/FI RATING REVALIDATION REQUIREMENTS
• By test only:
- AFI every 13 months (maximum)
- FI every 25 months (maximum)
• Revalidation extends the AFI/FI Rating for a further 13/25 months from the date of test.
OTHER POINTS:
• SSEA, SLMG and Microlight Class Ratings may also be included in UK or CAA-issued JAR-FCL licences, if required, as may SLMG or Microlight Flying Instructor Ratings.
• Transitional arrangements will be formulated to ensure that the transition to the new NPPL requirements will not disadvantage current licence holders. The precise formulation of these arrangements will be discussed within the NPPL Policy and Steering Committee after the consultation period has concluded.
• Those ‘legacy’ UK pilot licence holders who wish to remain outside the NPPL system may continue to do so with no changes to their current requirements. However, they will then be unable to take advantage of the consolidated revalidation requirements enjoyed by NPPL holders. The CAA invites comment on whether this should continue, or whether all Microlight and SLMG licences should be harmonised with the NPPL revalidation requirements after a suitable transition period.
• Currently, medical requirements are aligned with licences, not ratings. The CAA invites comment on whether this should continue, or whether a Medical Declaration should suffice for other UK or CAA-issued JAR-FCL licence holders wishing to restrict themselves to SSEA, SLMG or Microlight privileges. Note that (apart from ‘legacy’ lifetime UK PPL holders) they would still be required to have their licences re-issued every 5 years in accordance with JAR-FCL and may also need some form of ANO exemption removing the requirement to hold a JAA Medical Certificate.
• NPPL cross-crediting requirements will be amended and will apply from the date the ANO changes become law.
• ‘Differences training’ now formally includes weight-shift/flex-wing and 3-axis microlight training and for microlight aeroplanes with more than one power plant.
Formal comments should be restricted to the above proposals only and sent to [email protected] , to arrive no later than 2 Apr 2007.
The consultation period for the NPPL ANO amendment proposals will run until the end of March 2007. These amendment proposals have been discussed at length and agreed within the NPPL Policy and Steering Committee, consisting of representatives from AOPA, BBGA, BGA, BMAA, CAA, GAPAN and PFA.
This note summarises the main points and should not be considered as the authoritative document; however, the formal proposals and Regulatory Impact Assessment willl shortly be available on the CAA PLD website.
MAIN CHANGES
• Aircraft Class Ratings included in an NPPL will have a fixed 2 year validity period rather than the current mix of rolling validity periods for some aircraft classes and fixed periods for others.
• The NPPL may include aircraft Class Ratings for SSEA, SLMG and/or Microlight aeroplanes. To fly aircraft of these classes, the appropriate Class Rating must be included in the licence; the SSEA Class Rating alone will no longer include SLMG or Microlight privileges.
• The NPPL may include Flying Instructor Ratings for SLMG and/or Microlight aeroplanes.
CLASS RATING REVALIDATION REQUIREMENTS
• To revalidate NPPL aircraft Class Ratings, licence holders must, in the 2 year period, complete 12 hours total flight time, including 8 hours as PIC and 12 take-offs and landings. If they wish to carry passengers, a total of not less than 1 hour of accumulated training flying must also be included within these 12 hours and the licence holder must maintain 90 day recency.
• If 2 or more NPPL aircraft Class Ratings are held, the 12 hours experience and 12 take-offs and landings can include flight time in any of such aircraft for which a Class Rating is held, but a minimum of 1 hour (either PIC or PU/T) must be flown on aircraft of each Class.
• If the licence holder wishes to restrict his/her licence privileges to aircraft fitted with a single seat, no training flying will be required. 2-seat aircraft flown solo will not be considered to be ‘single seat’ aircraft!
• Revalidation may alternatively be achieved by passing a General Skill Test (GST).
• Revalidation will extend the validity period of the Class Rating for a further 2 years from the date of the previous expiry (as is the current case for JAR-FCL SEP Class Ratings).
CLASS RATING RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS
• To renew a lapsed Class Rating, there will now be only 2 basic cases, much like the revised JAR-FCL cases:
- Less than 5 years lapsed – pass a GST
- More than 5 years lapsed – pass a GST and an oral exam with the GST examiner.
SLMG AND MICROLIGHT AFI/FI RATING REVALIDATION REQUIREMENTS
• By test only:
- AFI every 13 months (maximum)
- FI every 25 months (maximum)
• Revalidation extends the AFI/FI Rating for a further 13/25 months from the date of test.
OTHER POINTS:
• SSEA, SLMG and Microlight Class Ratings may also be included in UK or CAA-issued JAR-FCL licences, if required, as may SLMG or Microlight Flying Instructor Ratings.
• Transitional arrangements will be formulated to ensure that the transition to the new NPPL requirements will not disadvantage current licence holders. The precise formulation of these arrangements will be discussed within the NPPL Policy and Steering Committee after the consultation period has concluded.
• Those ‘legacy’ UK pilot licence holders who wish to remain outside the NPPL system may continue to do so with no changes to their current requirements. However, they will then be unable to take advantage of the consolidated revalidation requirements enjoyed by NPPL holders. The CAA invites comment on whether this should continue, or whether all Microlight and SLMG licences should be harmonised with the NPPL revalidation requirements after a suitable transition period.
• Currently, medical requirements are aligned with licences, not ratings. The CAA invites comment on whether this should continue, or whether a Medical Declaration should suffice for other UK or CAA-issued JAR-FCL licence holders wishing to restrict themselves to SSEA, SLMG or Microlight privileges. Note that (apart from ‘legacy’ lifetime UK PPL holders) they would still be required to have their licences re-issued every 5 years in accordance with JAR-FCL and may also need some form of ANO exemption removing the requirement to hold a JAA Medical Certificate.
• NPPL cross-crediting requirements will be amended and will apply from the date the ANO changes become law.
• ‘Differences training’ now formally includes weight-shift/flex-wing and 3-axis microlight training and for microlight aeroplanes with more than one power plant.
Formal comments should be restricted to the above proposals only and sent to [email protected] , to arrive no later than 2 Apr 2007.