New EASA licence holder / Cutting up EASA PPL?
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: 32°55'22"S 151°46'56"E
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Filled in both a renewal and conversion form, found someone to sign off my English Proficiency (not easy to find here in the sandpit), then sent of my £95.00 and waited 6 weeks (payment was processed at week 1...) and opened the Fedex envelope to find an A4 sheet and an awful plastic wallet. Had to fold over my medical once more to fit, just looks ridiculous.
Why can't they move to a photocard or something? When compared to my Master Mariners license which is almost identical I'm size and quality to a passport with the same kind of photo page and then the other pages for any revalidations or restrictions. If I was an ATPL I'd much rather something professional like that.
Why can't they move to a photocard or something? When compared to my Master Mariners license which is almost identical I'm size and quality to a passport with the same kind of photo page and then the other pages for any revalidations or restrictions. If I was an ATPL I'd much rather something professional like that.
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Why? Is it a penis extension or something? Mine lives in my headset case as I have to carry it at work. If I am ramp checked then the inspector can open it up.
Beyond that it matters not what it looks like.
Reminds me of the old saying.... "If you go into a bar, how do you know there is a pilot there? They tell you....."
Beyond that it matters not what it looks like.
Reminds me of the old saying.... "If you go into a bar, how do you know there is a pilot there? They tell you....."
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In the merchant navy there is pride and respect for having achieved a Masters or Chief Engineer license.The quality of the license represents that. Is an ATPL not considered with the same respect?
But that aside, still why not a photocard similar to a drivers license or the FAA license?
But that aside, still why not a photocard similar to a drivers license or the FAA license?
Who cares, it's a bit of paper, it is what you do with it that counts.
I also hold an MEng in Electrical and Electronics Eng... I have a rough idea what my degree cert. looks like and where it is but it only comes out for interviews. I have no desire to look at it, the same is true of my aviation licences.
One slightly annoying thing about the EASA licence is that it is no longer big enough to hold a passport like the JAR one was. Used to be a handy way of keeping everything in one place.
I also hold an MEng in Electrical and Electronics Eng... I have a rough idea what my degree cert. looks like and where it is but it only comes out for interviews. I have no desire to look at it, the same is true of my aviation licences.
One slightly annoying thing about the EASA licence is that it is no longer big enough to hold a passport like the JAR one was. Used to be a handy way of keeping everything in one place.
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The piece of paper does not make the man (or woman) but rather the skill and dedication that went into it........
I really don't care what my licence looks like, I am happy to have achieved it and take pride in that not what the bit of paper looks like.
No format is perfect. Somewhere along the line there has to be evidence of ratings being in date. EASA choose to have it on the licence which makes it self contained. The FAA require it to go into the logbook and issue a small card, this will eventually be a photo card as I understand it. This would then mean that I would have to lug my logbook around as well which is a pain in the ass with the amount of travel that I do.
Most of the guys that I work with don't give a damn what it looks like either.
You still have to be able to walk the walk.......
I really don't care what my licence looks like, I am happy to have achieved it and take pride in that not what the bit of paper looks like.
No format is perfect. Somewhere along the line there has to be evidence of ratings being in date. EASA choose to have it on the licence which makes it self contained. The FAA require it to go into the logbook and issue a small card, this will eventually be a photo card as I understand it. This would then mean that I would have to lug my logbook around as well which is a pain in the ass with the amount of travel that I do.
Most of the guys that I work with don't give a damn what it looks like either.
You still have to be able to walk the walk.......
