FAA BFR (Biennial flight review) in Europe.

[sirscarecrow]

Hey all
Quick question.

To hold a FAA license while living in Europe, I understand that if I want to do a Biennial here, the FAA CFI has to also have a European license if we are flying in a European aircraft.
Question now however, if I only have a FAA license, can I still do my FAA BFR in a European aircraft with a FAA CFI that holds both the EASA and FAA license, or do I also need to have a EASA license as the guy that is getting the BFR.

Thanks a lot!

[tume]

I do not see anything that would require you to hold an EASA license: the instructor is acting as a PIC and holds a valid EASA license. Per FAA regs you can log the flight time during the Flight Review as both Dual and PIC even if it is of foreign registry as long as the conditions below are met. Btw it is no longer called a BFR.


61.51
(j) Aircraft requirements for logging flight time. For a person to log flight time, the time must be acquired in an aircraft that is identified as an aircraft under § 61.5(b), and is -

(1) An aircraft of U.S. registry with either a standard or special airworthiness certificate;

(2) An aircraft of foreign registry with an airworthiness certificate that is approved by the aviation authority of a foreign country that is a Member State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation Organization;
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[sirscarecrow]

ok, thanks a lot. So all I have to do now is find a FAA CFI in Portugal. Thanks !

[tume]

Try G-Air in Cascais (in case you haven't yet).

[Average__Pilot]

Greetings,
I need to get my Flight Review in a couple of months from a FAA CFI+Multi Engine
Due to Covid and other reasons can't fly to US in nearest future
Looking for someone packed with all necessary docs for it and N-reg Multi-engine plane in Europe, except UK.

[C-141Starlifter]

This org might be able to help if you can get to the Mainz area!

https://www.colemanaeroclub.com/

[MarcK]

If you hold a Single Engine rating (ASEL) it is not necessary to use a Multi Engine aircraft for the Flight Review
a. Type of Equipment Flown.
(1) Section 61.56(c)(1) states that to act as a PIC, a pilot must accomplish a flight review in an aircraft for which that pilot is rated. A pilot might hold multiple ratings. In such case, the pilot may take a flight review in any one of the aircraft for which he or she holds a rating or operating privilege and they will have met the regulatory requirement for all aircraft for which they hold a certificate and or rating.

[rudestuff]

That someone with an FAA certificate wouldn't know that is frankly amazing...

[Genghis the Engineer]

Not really, FAA don't examine you on the regulations in Europe, that's considered to be your own problem to sort out if you fly there. (Indeed, unlike the EASA syllabi, FAA barely even mention ICAO in their required TK - it's all "Federal this" and "Federal that". The FAA don't really acknowledge the existence of regulations or meteorology that exist outside the CUSA.

[selfin]

The request has nothing to do with European regulations or international standards.

A flight review can be avoided by completing the required knowledge and flight activitiy phases in the FAA-sponsored pilot proficiency award program WINGS. Guidance material at https://faasafety.gov/WINGS/pub/learn_more.aspx The knowledge activities can be done online through that site. The flight activities can be done with a Part-FCL instructor. An SEP proficiency check with a Part-FCL examiner can also count. Contact any FAA Safety Team Program Manager (FPM) to have the flight credits manually applied to your FAA airman record, https://faasafety.gov/FAASTApp/directory/default.aspx