FAA licence "rendered valid".....

[S-Works]

Why not?

Indeed, was my view but not what I was told by our beloved CAA. Who while very hazy on the subject seemed to believe that as they were type rated aircraft they would need individual permission and they were not sure how that would be granted without proof of a type rating course.

I am not arguing for or against. In fact if you can PROVE that it can be done I will buy you a beer.

[bookworm]

In fact if you can PROVE that it can be done I will buy you a beer.

What sort of proof would earn me the ale? If I tell you of someone who has flown a G-reg SET on an FAA type rating (and I can't), that act could still be illegal. I certainly can't promise that everyone you could call up in the CAA will say "yes, that's legal", but you can probably find one or two who would tell you that it's illegal for the sun to rise tomorrow. All I can do is point at what is written as law -- I'm a bookworm, after all.

[S-Works]

Just something that says it can be done and an example of where it has been done!

[englishal]

I used to have a letter from the CAA confirming that ALL privileges and ratings on the foreign licence, bar the IR ICAS, may be exercised on a G reg aircraft for private purposes. As FAA is SE or ME - as opposed to SEP or MEP then I take that to mean this is also included....

This used to beg the question that when flying around in G reg King Airs as a non UK type rated "assistant" when flying a non-PT leg (because the captain would often let us fly the full leg - often VFR OCAS to position the aircraft or RTB) does this mean the flight could be logged or not? Under the FARs, I'd be perfectly leagal to log PIC had it had an N on the back.....Not that I bothered, I kept an unofficial log because apparently the time COULD count towards a UK Type Rating (I believe there is a minimum time requirement for the TR?)....and certainly the companies own requirements.

Unfortunately I don't qualify for a beer as I've gone and lost the letter

[Whopity]

You don't need to prove that it can be done. If the CAA wish to stop you, without any suitable legislation to say that you can't do it then they would not have a leg to stand on in court. They can of course issue you with a written notice stating that you cannot exercise the privileges of a particular class or type on the basis of Article 26, but they must issue it in writing to prevent you from exercising that privilege.

They have done this where it has been discovered that persons operating on a FAA licence under Article 26 have actually failed a UK medical. But to do so they must have a reason and you can always appeal.

So without a written notice to the contrary, you can exercise the PPL privileges granted in Art 26 on any aeroplane for which you hold a valid ICAO licence.