1999 UK ATPL(A) Exams: Theory credit still valid?
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Loss of licence privileges
Not only will all UK licence holders, from PPL to ATPL lose rights and privileges, but there is no recognition of the fact that taking away such rights and privileges is a breach of human rights! How can it be lawful to remove hardwon privileges? we should at the very least, be compensated for the loss of rights.
For the last three or four years I have been pointing out to everyone I know that all UK licence holders are being mistreated in this way. Ever since JAR came in I have encouraged everyone to hang onto their UK licences to retain their lifetime rights as PPLs, their inbuilt IMC privileges as holders of CPLs and ATPLs etc etc. As Whopity and BEagle have said, why would one want to pay for a five yearly renewal of a licence that is currently valid for life and why would one deliberately hand in one's UK ATPL when all that one is offered in return is a CPL? (There are plenty of experienced GA pilots who have never flown Multi crew, but who did jump all the hurdles that the CAA required at the time and now face this downgrading just because the EASA goalposts are moved sideways).
It is a travesty and despite my alerting people to this in several published articles and presentations, it is only now that people are waking up to the fact.
For the last three or four years I have been pointing out to everyone I know that all UK licence holders are being mistreated in this way. Ever since JAR came in I have encouraged everyone to hang onto their UK licences to retain their lifetime rights as PPLs, their inbuilt IMC privileges as holders of CPLs and ATPLs etc etc. As Whopity and BEagle have said, why would one want to pay for a five yearly renewal of a licence that is currently valid for life and why would one deliberately hand in one's UK ATPL when all that one is offered in return is a CPL? (There are plenty of experienced GA pilots who have never flown Multi crew, but who did jump all the hurdles that the CAA required at the time and now face this downgrading just because the EASA goalposts are moved sideways).
It is a travesty and despite my alerting people to this in several published articles and presentations, it is only now that people are waking up to the fact.
