EASA clipping CPL(A)'s wings?
the introduction of an ATPL skills test?
CAA CPL he has an evergreen IMC privileges that NEVER lapse
A CPL merely confers the right to be remunerated as a pilot, in very limited cases unless supported with additional experience/qualifications. It is the first rung of a long ladder.
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I know of a flying school which had an AOC for traffic spotting - whether this was actually necessary I have no idea.
So, the current CPL-only list stands at
1) paid pilot for a firm or a client (who supplied the plane)
2) paid para dropping
3) paid ferrying
Not sure that flight demos need a CPL. If I worked for an airplane dealer why could I not take customers up for a flight, so long as I can refuse? If I was a freelance (not an employee of the dealer) however than I would need a CPL.
Survey people I have bumped into had AOCs.
So, the current CPL-only list stands at
1) paid pilot for a firm or a client (who supplied the plane)
2) paid para dropping
3) paid ferrying
Not sure that flight demos need a CPL. If I worked for an airplane dealer why could I not take customers up for a flight, so long as I can refuse? If I was a freelance (not an employee of the dealer) however than I would need a CPL.
Survey people I have bumped into had AOCs.
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So, the current CPL-only list stands at [....]
And of course Instructing.
The most meaningless privilege which originates in ICAO Annex 1 is that of being a Co-pilot as a PPL holder. To be a Co-pilot requires a multipilot type rating, which requires that the holder has ATPL knowledge, an IR and MCC!
The most meaningless privilege which originates in ICAO Annex 1 is that of being a Co-pilot as a PPL holder. To be a Co-pilot requires a multipilot type rating, which requires that the holder has ATPL knowledge, an IR and MCC!
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The most meaningless privilege which originates in ICAO Annex 1 is that of being a Co-pilot as a PPL holder. To be a Co-pilot requires a multipilot type rating, which requires that the holder has ATPL knowledge, an IR and MCC!
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This is true.
If you successfully complete a flight test in FAA land, the examiner will issue you a temporary licence which includes the new rating to which you have just become entitled.
Although you can then exercise those privileges immediately (which is the important thing!) the FAA can take up to 120 days to issue you your new plastic licence and update their website. (Generally it seems to take almost exactly 60 days)
Since the FAA don't charge anything for issuing a new licence and since the temporary one gives you your new privileges in the interim period, this has never struck me as being a huge issue
If you successfully complete a flight test in FAA land, the examiner will issue you a temporary licence which includes the new rating to which you have just become entitled.
Although you can then exercise those privileges immediately (which is the important thing!) the FAA can take up to 120 days to issue you your new plastic licence and update their website. (Generally it seems to take almost exactly 60 days)
Since the FAA don't charge anything for issuing a new licence and since the temporary one gives you your new privileges in the interim period, this has never struck me as being a huge issue
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I think Travolta has been flying his jets for more than 120 days.
If the FAA site shows he has a PPL then he has a PPL, and same for certain other cases which have recently come up
Completely legal too (for Travolta) - a PPL can fly a 747 RHS if he has a TR. An ATPL is needed only to be a Captain (LHS). Obviously not for paying passenger carriage.
If the FAA site shows he has a PPL then he has a PPL, and same for certain other cases which have recently come up
Completely legal too (for Travolta) - a PPL can fly a 747 RHS if he has a TR. An ATPL is needed only to be a Captain (LHS). Obviously not for paying passenger carriage.
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There are many errors/omissions in the FAA database. Not saying that the Travolta entry is wrong but it would surprise me that with the ease of gaining an FAA CPL especially in the light of the fact that he has a type rating on something so advanced that he has not done so.
Travolta may not have enough flying hours for the ATPL.....
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He owns it so he obviously "commands" it 
An FAA jet type rating, which can be attached to a PPL, involves flight training and technical/systems knowledge equivalent to an ATPL. The only difference, I am told by people who have done this, is that you don't actually sit the ATPL written exam, and you don't come out with an ATPL because for that you would need 1500hrs of which c. 100 have to be at night, etc, etc.
Incidentally you cannot practically do the jet TR unless you have an IR.
I cannot believe Travolta's faa.gov record is duff, because someone as well known as him would not have allowed that to remain. It is also routine for CFIs etc to call up the faa.gov record when doing say a BFR or IPC. My FAA CPL examiner called up my FAA record, to see I existed, etc.
I don't know about JAA-land but I do know that the multi crew cockpit time which is nowadays required for the JAA ATPL makes it a bit nonsensical for a private pilot to do it. I've looked at doing the FAA ATPL but don't have a realistic chance of ever getting the night hours without silly night hour building.
An FAA jet type rating, which can be attached to a PPL, involves flight training and technical/systems knowledge equivalent to an ATPL. The only difference, I am told by people who have done this, is that you don't actually sit the ATPL written exam, and you don't come out with an ATPL because for that you would need 1500hrs of which c. 100 have to be at night, etc, etc.
Incidentally you cannot practically do the jet TR unless you have an IR.
I cannot believe Travolta's faa.gov record is duff, because someone as well known as him would not have allowed that to remain. It is also routine for CFIs etc to call up the faa.gov record when doing say a BFR or IPC. My FAA CPL examiner called up my FAA record, to see I existed, etc.
I don't know about JAA-land but I do know that the multi crew cockpit time which is nowadays required for the JAA ATPL makes it a bit nonsensical for a private pilot to do it. I've looked at doing the FAA ATPL but don't have a realistic chance of ever getting the night hours without silly night hour building.
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I believe John Travolta has been flying for over thirty years and has more than 5000 hours. I gather he flies his own 707 rather than a 747, and I think this would meet most ATPL pre entry criteria.
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