CAA/EASA FI renewal admin fee?
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CAA/EASA FI renewal admin fee?
Hi,
I've been asked by the CAA for £85 to have my FI renewal put on my EASA licence when submitting the paperwork.
Is this a change, I cant remember ever having to pay for this under JAR?
I've been asked by the CAA for £85 to have my FI renewal put on my EASA licence when submitting the paperwork.
Is this a change, I cant remember ever having to pay for this under JAR?
There are a lot of people who followed the CAA's bad advice and unnecessarily converted National licences to JAA licences, only to discover that within a few months they needed to change to an EASA licence and were charged yet again. £85 is cheap compared to some of the other charges that have been levied.
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My FI had only just lapsed when I applied for my EASA licence.
I renewed my FI on my CAA licence during the 7 months it took them to process my EASA application, for which off course they charged handsomely!
Cost of FI renewal:-
£220 Flight Test examiner Fee
£220 Flight test aircraft hire
£275 Seminar fee
£85 CAA EASA fee to put on licence
Thats £800 to renew my FI. (and 3 days of my time).
I've had this rating for >20yrs but question if I will renew again.
I renewed my FI on my CAA licence during the 7 months it took them to process my EASA application, for which off course they charged handsomely!
Cost of FI renewal:-
£220 Flight Test examiner Fee
£220 Flight test aircraft hire
£275 Seminar fee
£85 CAA EASA fee to put on licence
Thats £800 to renew my FI. (and 3 days of my time).
I've had this rating for >20yrs but question if I will renew again.
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FI (inc IMC) on EASA Licence
I am right in the middle of this process. I sent everything off in June and have had 2 problems, so the CAA still have my paperwork (they sent it all back the first time - which was my fault - but they posted it to the wrong address and it took me a month to get it back).
I now find that they need a current Class 1 medical - fair enough I had one done about 7 months ago - but it has now lapsed to a Class 2. So I had to take another half day off work yesterday to go and have another one done. (Only needing Class 2 for FI work).
I have also shelled out for the seminar and the flight with examiner etc. etc.
Woe is me !
I now find that they need a current Class 1 medical - fair enough I had one done about 7 months ago - but it has now lapsed to a Class 2. So I had to take another half day off work yesterday to go and have another one done. (Only needing Class 2 for FI work).
I have also shelled out for the seminar and the flight with examiner etc. etc.
Woe is me !
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I now find that they need a current Class 1 medical - fair enough I had one done about 7 months ago - but it has now lapsed to a Class 2. So I had to take another half day off work yesterday to go and have another one done. (Only needing Class 2 for FI work).
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EASA Licence Recieved !
Well I did get my new licence today - delivered to the flat in KL that I lived in 2 years ago - although the letter inside was addressed correctly (!?).
After ringing FedEx to find out how my package could possibly have been delivered and signed for despite me knowing absolutely nothing about it, I ran back to my old flat (not far away thankfully). The maid that answered the door only spoke Bahasa Melayu (in which I am less than fluent) so trying to convince her that the package that I knew had been delivered to that address 2 hours ago was not for that apartment but was in fact mine was not too easy.............
So far, so bad.
And now my licence; in the Remarks and Restrictions against FI it states "Restricted/FCL.905.FI applies as in (a)/(b)/(e)/(g)/(g)IR(R))"
I have checked in CAP804 but cannot see whether this does actually entitle me to teach instrument to IMC level in the UK. I kind of suspect it does from the above, but am not certain.
Can anyone help ?
After ringing FedEx to find out how my package could possibly have been delivered and signed for despite me knowing absolutely nothing about it, I ran back to my old flat (not far away thankfully). The maid that answered the door only spoke Bahasa Melayu (in which I am less than fluent) so trying to convince her that the package that I knew had been delivered to that address 2 hours ago was not for that apartment but was in fact mine was not too easy.............
So far, so bad.
And now my licence; in the Remarks and Restrictions against FI it states "Restricted/FCL.905.FI applies as in (a)/(b)/(e)/(g)/(g)IR(R))"
I have checked in CAP804 but cannot see whether this does actually entitle me to teach instrument to IMC level in the UK. I kind of suspect it does from the above, but am not certain.
Can anyone help ?
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I think it's now £89 for an FI(A) renewal. Of course any fee is totally unjustified as all the verification can be completed by the FI examiner and it doesn't need an admin clerk to check through.
Also the fee has increased by 6% in less than a year - that's twice the government consumer price index !
Also the fee has increased by 6% in less than a year - that's twice the government consumer price index !
Last edited by Marty-Party; 19th Sep 2013 at 19:44.