SEP revalidation using hours flown abroad
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SEP revalidation using hours flown abroad
Hi al,
Looking for some information regarding SEP revalidation.
I live in the US and hold both CAA and FAA private pilot licenses.
My CAA SEP rating expires at the end of January 2024 — I'm wondering if the hours I've flown in the US under my FAA license count towards the 12 hours/12 takeoff and landings required for SEP revalidation in the UK?
i.e. does the CAA recognise hours flown in a different country?
Thanks in advance for any input!
Looking for some information regarding SEP revalidation.
I live in the US and hold both CAA and FAA private pilot licenses.
My CAA SEP rating expires at the end of January 2024 — I'm wondering if the hours I've flown in the US under my FAA license count towards the 12 hours/12 takeoff and landings required for SEP revalidation in the UK?
i.e. does the CAA recognise hours flown in a different country?
Thanks in advance for any input!
Good news and bad I’m afraid…
Yes your hours/landings accrued in the USA do count assuming they were flown on an S.E.P. that fits with your UK licence.
The problem is the one hour review flight and the examiner signature which can only be a UK Flight Examiner.
I realise the advice “just pop back to UK” might not fit with your plans…
Yes your hours/landings accrued in the USA do count assuming they were flown on an S.E.P. that fits with your UK licence.
The problem is the one hour review flight and the examiner signature which can only be a UK Flight Examiner.
I realise the advice “just pop back to UK” might not fit with your plans…
The problem is the one hour review flight and the examiner signature which can only be a UK Flight Examiner.
I would think that it will be easier to find an appropriate UK Flight Instructor locally in the US than an Examiner.
Yes I should have added Flying instructor with FCL.945 privileges. Also whoever you fly with will need an FAA licence or piggyback if using N reg aircraft
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Thanks everyone for the great responses!
ETOPS, do you happen to have a reference/reg for this, or is it just common knowledge?
And by this do you mean whether it's SEP land or sea? I've done all my hours in an SLG2, which is an LSA so I think that should be fine...
ETOPS, do you happen to have a reference/reg for this, or is it just common knowledge?
And by this do you mean whether it's SEP land or sea? I've done all my hours in an SLG2, which is an LSA so I think that should be fine...
I think (but I'm interested in the official answer myself) that it needs to be a type that you can/would fly as a SEP under the UK regulations. I'm guessing that the SLG2 would be a Permit to Fly type in the UK, being an experimental/kit built aircraft, unless I'm mixing up my types. But I'll leave it to someone else to fill in the blanks from here on.
I've done all my hours in an SLG2,
do you happen to have a reference/reg for this, or is it just common knowledge?
The idea is that those twelve hours are experience that you have, logged on a representative type. It doesn't matter one bit whether that experience was on a G-reg or N-reg as long as it's on a type that fits your UK licence/rating. In the end it's up to the person signing your licence, is he/she happy to accept those hours and extend the validity of your rating? I know I would happily accept it, but I'm no examiner.
Yup! It's a Sling 2 LSA, factory built, and my license is a Part-FCL PPL (A) SEP (land).
In the end it's up to the person signing your licence, is he/she happy to accept those hours and extend the validity of your rating?
No one is saying that examiners should apply their own unique interpretations to the rules; they are pointing out that it is the examiner's responsibility to ensure that the claimed hours are flown in the appropriate class of aircraft. If they are satisfied, the hours count.
State of registration is irrelevant, homebuilt or factory built is aso irrelevant. Even hours flown in what the UK CAA would call 3-axis microlights count, so LSA hours are also acceptable.
State of registration is irrelevant, homebuilt or factory built is aso irrelevant. Even hours flown in what the UK CAA would call 3-axis microlights count, so LSA hours are also acceptable.
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