Flight with instructor

[KERDUNKER]

Can any of you chaps save me the cost of a call to the CAA and tell me if I can satisfy the one hour flight with an instructor requirement with a recent LPC/OPC(IR) having been flown on my day job aeroplane. (a jet)

Wisdom and knowledge gracefully accepted.

[BEagle]

Yes. Entirely acceptable - see LASORS section F1.4: "This instructional flight may be replaced by any other flight that has been undertaken with a JAR-FCL or UK Military instructor" (e.g your LPC/OPC(IR)). Moreover whichever Examiner conducted your LPC/OPC(IR) should have known that and should also have signed your licence to revalidate your SEP Class Rating.

Any doubts, PM me and I'll be happy to sort things out.

[KERDUNKER]

Thanks for the pointer, will let you know how I fair.

[foxmoth]

Would rotary count as well? Presume it would from what has been said here.

[jgs43]

While the regs do not appear to rule out rotary checks I do know a Rotary Pilot who contacted the CAA to ask this particular question.
The answer was that the check had to be on a fixed wing aircraft hence rotary checks were not acceptable and he is now undertaking his biennials in a Gp A Machine.

Knowing how answers from the CAA vary dependant upon whom one talks to does anyone else have any experience of this?:hmm: