JAA-PPL renewal - anyone done it yet?
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JAA-PPL renewal - anyone done it yet?
My PPL will be 5years old in February (cant believe Ive been flying so long!!) and so will expire unless renewed. I am aware that I need to pay for this 'service', but wondered if anyone has already done it, ie how long does it take, what do you need to send to the nice people at the CAA etc, etc.. Lasors says you need to apply for renewal in the 60 days before expiry, so thats about now for me.
Is it pretty straightforeward? Any pitfalls or gottchas to watch for?
Regards, SD..
Is it pretty straightforeward? Any pitfalls or gottchas to watch for?
Regards, SD..
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Have you let your licence lapsed or need to revalidate your licence?
If you need to revalidate your licence, in the second year you need to have completed 12 hours flying, with 1 hour with a flying instructor. From memory you will do a practice emergency false landing with a go around about 300-500 feet, Stalls, steep turns, basically general handling and simple navigation, i.e. when the instructor say ‘let go home’ or something similar, it basically means navigate back to the airfield.
Once back at the airfield you may do a bad weather circuit, a normal landing, flapless landing, a glide approach. On the last landing you may even do a short field landing, i.e. approach speed at its lowest and once landed brakes on hard, control column all the way back and hopefully stop in a short distance.
From what I’ve been told, if you need have let your licence lapsed then you will need to redo your skills test, which is general handling and the navigation together with diversions, VOR fix etc.
If you need to revalidate your licence, in the second year you need to have completed 12 hours flying, with 1 hour with a flying instructor. From memory you will do a practice emergency false landing with a go around about 300-500 feet, Stalls, steep turns, basically general handling and simple navigation, i.e. when the instructor say ‘let go home’ or something similar, it basically means navigate back to the airfield.
Once back at the airfield you may do a bad weather circuit, a normal landing, flapless landing, a glide approach. On the last landing you may even do a short field landing, i.e. approach speed at its lowest and once landed brakes on hard, control column all the way back and hopefully stop in a short distance.
From what I’ve been told, if you need have let your licence lapsed then you will need to redo your skills test, which is general handling and the navigation together with diversions, VOR fix etc.
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If it is simply a Licence Renewal because it is five years old then you can download form SRG1102 from the CAA website. Simply fill in the form and send it with the appropriate fee to the CAA.
If I remember correctly, the last time that my CPL was due to expire the CAA sent me a reminder.
If I remember correctly, the last time that my CPL was due to expire the CAA sent me a reminder.
Yes, actually it's a licence re-issue. The CAA's incorrect use of the words 'licence renewal' is causing all the confusion. So it's just paperwork and cash to the Belgrano yet again...
FlyingBeachball, suggest you read LASORS because most of what you've written is totally incorrect.
FlyingBeachball, suggest you read LASORS because most of what you've written is totally incorrect.
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Thanks guys,
Yes, it was a re-issue/renewal I was on about and have downloaded the form SRG1102 from the CAA website, so I guess its just fill it in, part with the cash, and send it off to the Belgrano.
I notice they dont actually ask for proof of medical/SE rating validation or anything, just the form, though point out they might ask for your logbook/licence if necessary. To forestall on this possibility is it worth sending photocopies to them along with the form? Or is it just too much info etc.
Regards, SD..
Yes, it was a re-issue/renewal I was on about and have downloaded the form SRG1102 from the CAA website, so I guess its just fill it in, part with the cash, and send it off to the Belgrano.
I notice they dont actually ask for proof of medical/SE rating validation or anything, just the form, though point out they might ask for your logbook/licence if necessary. To forestall on this possibility is it worth sending photocopies to them along with the form? Or is it just too much info etc.
Regards, SD..
A mere £59 - for absolutely nothing!
But the lying sods who foist this Eurocracy on us told the DFT in the Regulatory Impact Assessment that the introduction of JAR-FCL wouldn't increase costs for private fliers.
I wrote to the then Minister pointing out that this was utter rubbish and that costs would undoubtedly go up as a result. It's even recorded in Hansard. But no, in came JAR-FCL and up went costs - just as I predicted.
But the lying sods who foist this Eurocracy on us told the DFT in the Regulatory Impact Assessment that the introduction of JAR-FCL wouldn't increase costs for private fliers.
I wrote to the then Minister pointing out that this was utter rubbish and that costs would undoubtedly go up as a result. It's even recorded in Hansard. But no, in came JAR-FCL and up went costs - just as I predicted.
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Does my head in that does. It's like when you deal with an internet only company, or buy online instead of going to the shop, and then you are charged somehting like £15 administration fee - I mean, what's the whole point of using the internet if you have to pay admin? Off point a little but I wol dlove to know where the £59 went.
