Conversion of an EASA flight crew licence to a UK part equivalent licence

[Albert Another]

Sorry if this has already been posted but I’ve just seen this from the CAA: https://bit.ly/33LpvzX
Looks like you need to convert your EASA licence to a UK licence by the end of this year plus you need a valid medical to do so.
The old EASA PPL and CPL were valid for life but I’m not sure if this is the case when you go back to a UK one.

[ASRAAMTOO]

Originally Posted by Albert Another

Sorry if this has already been posted but I’ve just seen this from the CAA: https://bit.ly/33LpvzX
Looks like you need to convert your EASA licence to a UK licence by the end of this year plus you need a valid medical to do so.
The old EASA PPL and CPL were valid for life but I’m not sure if this is the case when you go back to a UK one.

That is assuming your old EASA licence was issued by someone other than the UK. If yours was issued by the UK you would not need to do this.

[deltahotel]

The UK licence is valid for life. It’s a Part FCL licence. If you previously held a UK licence it’s easier, if not you need a UK initial medical. If the EASA licence was UK issued then it has just morphed into a UK National Part FCL licence.

[Sloppy Link]

Why, in the name of all that is holy, can it not be called a Pilots Licence FFS!

[Asturias56]

Hasn't this been covered in Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies) and other threads on here?

[Albert Another]

Thanks for the replies everyone.
I converted my UK CAA JAA FCL and UK CAA UK PPL to a UK CAA EU FCL inc Part-FCL (CPL & PPL listed in Section II) in 2013 as per the CAAs direction. I just wanted to make sure I did not need to convert it back again (plus I wanted to avoid paying for a medical just for the sake of it).