converting to UK medical

[maxgolstreet]

Hi guys, I am going to convert my EASA medical to UK one, and I have got a question Can I fly during the conversion process still with the EASA medical?
And does anybody know how long it takes to convert to UK one?

[giggitygiggity]

Unless I am sorely mistaken, an UK medical is an EASA medical (at least mine seems to be?!). You shouldn't have to convert anything as we get issued an EASA one now as opposed to a (UK)CAA medcial.

Therefore surely you can keep flying as there is no need to stop.

[maxgolstreet]

But it is written on the caa website, that if you want to get a UK issued license you have to convert your EASA medical to UK one. I think it is still in force.

[maxgolstreet]

No, I want an EASA license issued in UK

[Bornfreee]

Basically the way it works now is that whichever National Aviation Authority (NAA) (in this case Maxgolstreet wants a UK CAA issued EASA licence) you want your actual licence to be issued by has to be the one who issued you a medical.

If I understand correctly, Maxgolstreet, you have a EASA medical already issued by another European state other than the UK, correct?

That being the case if you did your training, lets say in the UK and then applied for your licence, it would have to be issued by whichever European authority issued your Medical (I think you can get it transferred but is a long drawn out process!).

If your intention is to hold a UK CAA issued EASA licence, then you are correct, you will need to have the UK CAA issue you your medical.

As for your original question of can you continue training with an EASA medical, the answer is yes (though I'm not sure which country you are referring to in doing your training!), in fact if all of your training consists of dual flights with an instructor, you do not even need a valid medial to train, nor do you need a valid medical to sit a flight test, the only time you will need it to be valid is for licence issue and then to exercise your privileges of the licence.

In terms of how long it takes, I can't help you there, I suggest a quick call or e-mail to the UK CAA would help you with that.

Good luck.

[victorc10]

At the moment it seems to be taking about three months to convert from one state to the UK and this is basically about the medical, since the issuing state is the state who holds the medical records.

JAA was a joke and so is EASA, why bother calling it a European licence when clearly it is not. Because airline X wants State X to be the licence issuing State.

[Sagit89]

By conversion of medical you mean State of Licence Issue change (and you should remember the phrase).

What you need to do is to go to caa.co.uk and find medical section there and there find a contact e-mail (or call them). E-mail (or call) them explaining your situation and they will provide you with the list of instructions.

The State of Licence Change with re-issue of the Class I certificate takes (apperently oficially) 13 (possibly working) days. They will require all the tests from the last check and most (if not all) tests from the initial test with the comments from your State's NAA doctor. So it means you have to contact your NAA as well to speed up the process (or even to make it possible at all).

All the documents which require translation to English should be translated and you have to pay for it (you will have to ask about it UK CAA though). The cost of Class I re-issue is 75 pounds.

You have to be careful though, EASA creates minimum requirements for Class I checks which does not mean that each State has to comply with it, therefore each state can make it tougher (for example Lithuania and Italy have extra tests than UK one), but some of the States are not compatible with UK CAA one, like Bulgaria, although I might be mistaken.

All together including sending of the documentation process it took me about 5 months of e-mail discussions. But as soon as they receive all the documents they work quite quick.

While it is in process you still have your original Class I Medical and when you receive UK CAA one you simply have 2 and both of them are active.

I might be wrong at some parts, but my knowledge is based on what I just went through, which is quite limited by e-mail discussions. Just don't hesitate to e-mail or call them and be polite.

Hope it helped you.