EASA Changeover

[ScamArtist]

I've been out of the UK for 5 years now instructing abroad. Just wondering what I need to do so I don't lose any of my ratings.

I have:

CPL Expires 07/2016
SEP Expires 05/2014
FI Expires 10/2013 (With night, ME and "no applied instrument" removed)
Class 1 Expires 03/2013

MEP Expired 02/2012
IR Expired 02/2012

If someone could please point me in the right direction so I don't lost out or have to re-write any exams. I have no immediate need to renew anything but would just like to be prepared if I have to.

Thanks in advance.

[Whopity]

You could start by going to the CAA website and reading all the relevant information on the EASA transition, then you will know as much as the rest of us.

[smithgd]

You might find Standards Doc 14 ver 6 "Guidance for Examiners and Information for Pilots of Single Pilot Aeroplanes" useful to bring you up to speed on all things EASA! There's also the examiners handbook, both on the CAA website and worth a read even if your not an FE!

Basically the exams are good for 7 years, at the moment you only need a couple training sessions (as decided by the ATO) and to do the LPC flight. If your very current then the 2 sessions may just be ground school to bring you up to speed on EASA

[Ex Oggie]

AMC1 FCL.625(c) IR — Validity, revalidation and renewal

The amount of refresher training needed should be determined on a case-by-case basis by the ATO.

The following may be taken as guidance when determining the needs of the applicant:
(i) expiry for a period shorter than 3 months: no supplementary requirements;
(ii) expiry for longer than 3 months but shorter than 1 year: a minimum of one training session;
(iii) expiry for longer than 1 year but shorter than 7 years: a minimum of three training sessions;
(iv) expiry for longer than 7 years: the applicant should undergo the full training course for the issue of the IR.

[BristolScout]

If you're of a masochistic tendency, you could download CAP 804 from the CAA website. There's a lot of good stuff in its 850-odd pages but it's far from intuitive and, of course, there's no index.

[ScamArtist]

Thanks for that, from my research I understand that the ME class rating is also the same in terms of training required.

I see nothing about what a training session actually consists of.

[Dan the weegie]

Sufficient to pass a skills test I imagine.
Thankfully I don't *think* it needs to be in an aircraft. Could be wrong though.

[BillieBob]

There is no definition of 'training session' - it is whatever the ATO wishes to make it.

[dobbin1]

I did not pay anything extra for ratings. You need to send certified copies of the required documents, not the originals. Logbooks not required for most applications. It is all detailed on the bottom of the form SRG1104.