Licensing confusion please help
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Licensing confusion please help
Hi there,
I am a Glider pilot who has almost partly completed my LAPL.I have my GPL from the BGA and am around 90% complete on my LAPL thoughscholarship such as the Air League, but have now decided it is not financiallyviable to complete my LAPL. I have opted to try and gain my SLMG as my gliding Clubhas said I would be able to keep up hours tugging on a Diamond Dimona. Fromthis SLMG I know after 75 hours you can get it upgraded to a TMG rating.
I need to know if it is possible to deduct hours from theSLMG hours requirement because I have already got around 30 hours with a FI inSEP aircraft such as the Grob Heron and Piper Warrior, having completed 6 hoursof solo including a solo navigation endorsement. I have not however undertakenany other exams apart from my Air Law nor have I done any Skills tests towardmy LAPL.
What I need to know:
What is required to gain a SLMG
If I am able to tug with a SLMG in a TMG
What the deductions are for someone of my mixed experienceif any
Costs if anyone can take a stab at it
And if possible places I can go to undertake a SLMG
If anyone in the PPRuNe community knows anything about Licensingplease post here. I have done some research I have just hit a block and am soover loaded with information I am just confusing myself further by readinganymore.
Thanks
Jake
(I'm assuming you mean NPPL, not LAPL.) Have at look at licence allowances from the NPPL website. You will see that BGA GPL holders get a large reduction in minimum training hours for both NPPL(SSEA) & NPPL(SLMG).
Ignore this, it's a red herring. SLMG is the CAA term for what EASA calls a TMG; when you apply for an EASA licence, SLMG will become TMG.
Yes, you can tug in a TMG with an NPPL(SLMG.)
TBH, with that many SSEA hours in your logbook I would just do the SSEA skills test & add an SLMG later. 10 hours of SLMG training + the skills test will cost £1000 to £1500, depending on the aircraft & location.
Fromthis SLMG I know after 75 hours you can get it upgraded to a TMG rating.
Yes, you can tug in a TMG with an NPPL(SLMG.)
TBH, with that many SSEA hours in your logbook I would just do the SSEA skills test & add an SLMG later. 10 hours of SLMG training + the skills test will cost £1000 to £1500, depending on the aircraft & location.
I agree with prop swingers comments but there are a few points to consider;
the experience you have gained must have been conducted at a Registered Facility if it is to count towards an EASA licence! Getting a SLMG licence (NPPL) will remain valid on Annex II aircraft, but will not be valid for EASA TMGs after 7th April 2015.
Training for a LAPL could only have been conducted at an ATO and I have not heard of anyone who has such an approval!
The NPPL SSEA route looks the best option, then convert to a LAPL.
the experience you have gained must have been conducted at a Registered Facility if it is to count towards an EASA licence! Getting a SLMG licence (NPPL) will remain valid on Annex II aircraft, but will not be valid for EASA TMGs after 7th April 2015.
Training for a LAPL could only have been conducted at an ATO and I have not heard of anyone who has such an approval!
The NPPL SSEA route looks the best option, then convert to a LAPL.
