CAA Class 1 medical renewal – can it lapse by 1 year?
 

I have been told by colleagues that it is CAA policy that I can let my Class 1 medial lapse by one year & the next year I only need to do a renewal; any lapse over 2 years & it is back to Gatwick for another initial issues.

i.e. Have a Class 1 renewal every 2 years, saving a lot of money (I do not need to exercise Class 1 privileges currently). However, I can’t find the policy decision written anywhere. I have tried the SRG website but to no avail. Can anyone help?

I let mine lapse whilst training and only had to do a renewal, I'm not sure how long it can remain lapsed before you need an initial though.

I think that if you let it lapse for a year, it becomes valid as a Class 2 medical. (i.e. Acceptable for PPL level).

As class 2, it is valid for 5 years.

It was five years lapse before you had to go back to Gatwick. Just telephone the medical section or your AME and ask?

Thanks for all the posts. I'll call my local AME. It's a shame it is not written down anywhere for us to reference.

Hey Just wondering if you found out if it is indeed 5 years until you have to go back to Gatwick to do the initial class 1 again?

Hi,

My local AME advised me that whilst I don't need to use my Class 1, to keep it cheaper by doing a Class 1 every 2 years (i.e. year on, year off).

Sorry but I didn't look into what happens after 2 years. Maybe try the CAA Medical website, but a call to a AME may be best:

JAR Class 1 and 2 medicals Documents | Medical | Safety Regulation


Cheers

Hi there ...

I contacted the CAA Medical Division, thats what they responded to me

Appendix 1 to JAR–FCL 3.105
Validity [period/transfer] of medical [records for Class 1 and Class 2 renewal]
(See JAR–FCL 3.105)
1 Class 1
(a) If a licence holder allows his Medical Certificate to expire by more than five years, renewal
shall require an initial or extended, at AMS discretion, aeromedical examination, performed at an AMC
which has obtained his relevant medical records. [ ]
(b) If a licence holder allows his Medical Certificate to expire by more than two years but less than
five years, renewal shall require the prescribed standard or extended examination to be performed at an
AMC which has obtained his relevant medical records, or by an AME at the discretion of the AMS,
subject to the records of medical examinations for flight crew licences being made available to the
medical examiners.
(c) If a licence holder allows his certificate to expire by more than 90 days but less than two years,
renewal shall require the prescribed standard or extended examination to be performed at an AMC, or by
an AME at the discretion of the AMS.
(d) If a licence holder allows his certificate to expire by less than 90 days, renewal shall be
possible by standard or extended examination as prescribed


Cheers
Dom