Keeping a PPL Current
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Keeping a PPL Current
Once you have got your PPL, what happens if you do not fly the minimum hours to keep the PPL valid? What do you have to do to make it valid once again?
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If you have not flown the 12 hrs since the previous relvalidation - you've got 24 months (of which 6 must be as PIC in the preceeding 12 months), then you will have to have a flight skills test with a examiner - where you must then pay his fee. You do not need to sit any ground exams. The examiner will then sign off your licence. If you have done the required hours, a CFI can sign the validation.
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No sponsor is correct in that you can do a test with an examiner. However, he is incorrect in saying that "6 [hours] must be as PIC in the preceeding 12 months". All 12 hours must be within the preceding 12 months, and 6 of those must be as PIC.
Note that you do not actually need to do anything to keep a PPL current. What you are actually doing is keeping the SEP(Land) rating on your PPL current. Once you realise that, it's easy to find the rules: they are in LASORS, Section F (which is the section about Type and Class Ratings). Lots of details in there, including the full rules about revaliding both by experience and by test, and also how to renew the rating if you go past the expiry date.
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Note that you do not actually need to do anything to keep a PPL current. What you are actually doing is keeping the SEP(Land) rating on your PPL current. Once you realise that, it's easy to find the rules: they are in LASORS, Section F (which is the section about Type and Class Ratings). Lots of details in there, including the full rules about revaliding both by experience and by test, and also how to renew the rating if you go past the expiry date.
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