New rules regarding FAA licence
Just got back from flying in Africa to be told i need to write to the CAA to get dispensation to fly a G reg on my FAA license for the next 12 months . Has anyone else done this and where do you send this request to ? I am presuming its still fine if you are planning to fly under 28 days or so .....
Having dumped my CAA license about 5 years ago the thought of going back to type ratings for every different machine is not great !! |
Are you talking about private or commercial flying?
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Ah....but think how much safer you are by having all those type ratings!:rolleyes:
Granted you may need to buy a Pillow so you can sit high enough to see over the glare shield as your Wallet will be so thin due to there being no money in it! |
Well thanks for that SAS , knew i could rely on you for a useful comment !!
Sadly you are quite correct . Will i be safer having a type rating ??? I have flown so many types over the years and never really felt the need for a "Rating ". God knows what they will make me do for the 109 ....i will probably have to go back to school for a week and then fly around in circles for 10 hrs to prove i can fly it ( the fact that i have flown 3-400 hrs without any mishap and appear to have a reasonable grasp of what im doing ...seems irrelevant ) Anyway i am talking just PPL ( i am currently using my CPL to get SA CAA CPL ) but this country is far too bureaucratic so happy to stick to "Private "... I spoke to the CAA and they said i can write to them asking for 12 months with the intention of only flying 28 days or less ( who on earth monitors that ) and i have to prove i have a rating for the aircraft i want to fly .....so how do i do that ??!! I dont think it has been thought through and everyone will still be flying as usual on their FAA license for years ......... |
Do you realize there are several ratings required to fly a 109?
Each variant will be a different rating, and they differ between Agusta 109 and Agusta Westland.... You will also need a rating for each type for: -Single Pilot operations -Multi Pilot operations -Single Pilot Instruments -Multi Pilot Instruments. You can do a simple checkride if you have more than 300 hours on type, and have the rating valid on your foreign license...this can be done through an ATO. |
How on earth does this work if you have an FAA license? No type rating for anything under 12500 lbs. So I could have 10,000 hours in say a 206 but would still have to do a checkride and goodness knows what else?
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You really should look into the regulations...
For type ratings on single engines, you need (if i remember correctly) 100 hours, for multi engines 350 hours (or was it 150 and 300?). Regs state you need to have a valid rating-as ut refers to ICAO licenses, which the FAA is clearly not... For each "conversion" a letter has to be sent to the CAA by an ATO, requesting permission.... So in your case: If you have the minimum hours required, an ATO can issue a letter for the CAA saying "no further training required"-and the CAA can then approve a checkride, as they know that there are no ratings under 12500 lbs for FAA certificate holders. Its complete bollocks, i know...flying helicopters in EASA is not fun any more.... |
Thanks Huey ....i think my problem may be that i havent done the "initial " first twin rating that is need in EASA . That may not be the case but i will check . At the moment i am looking at how to continue flying on my FAA license for the time being and getting my EASA license over the next month or two . ( my UK PPL has not been valid now for about 5 years ).
I will contact a school and get them to speak to the CAA and see what they want and hopefully my hours will mean no further training and just a check ride ! If nobody , incl the CAA , can tell me definitely what to do i will carry on flying with my FAA ticket .... |
You are certainly upbeat and optimistic.....and I pray you are not done in by officialdom!
If you wind up taking the last resort route you mention....establishing a professional relationship with someone like Flying Lawyer might prove both necessary and beneficial! |
listen to Sas, I seem to remember a phrase from my previous life that stated 'ignorance is no excuse for non-compliance'😊👍
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A point in time may come when a lot of pilots may just say " F**K THEM !"
Personally I will always do my best to stay on the right side of the rules if possible....at least my job does not depend on it !! Ps . Just had a call from someone who knows a way around this ......... |
Immigration to the Free World?:E
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Just in case anyone is interested you can now write to CAA and carry on flying with your FAA ticket . IN-2017/016 came out yesterday explaining .
Looks like I may be legal after all !! |
Each variant will be a different rating, |
There are 8 variants of the 109, requiring 2 different type ratings (A109 and AW109), plus a differences check for each variant (Thats one type rating for A109 plus 2 differences trainings, and the same for an AW109).
EASA Type Rating & License Endorsement List – Helicopters |
So you agree with me that each variant will not be a different type rating?
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I believe huey racer is correct. Different types i.e. A109 and AW109 are different ratings, a bit like the S76 and SK76 different types you now need on an EASA licence. (yes different type ratings) Not all the same anymore.
I stand to be corrected on the 109 thing as I don't fly them. |
I accept that we now have the A109 and AW109 type ratings, the former covering the A, AII, C, K2 and LUH variants, the latter covering the E, S and SP variants. I have never suggested otherwise
I do not accept that "each variant will be a separate type rating" as hueyracer would have us believe, as that would suggest that to go from, say, the C to a K2, or an E to a S would require a type rating course to be conducted under the auspices of an ATO followed by a skill test. On the other hand, to go from a C to an E would clearly require such training and testing. And there is no such thing as a differences check. Where applicable, differences training will be carried out but this does not amount to a check. |
Differences training-although called "training"-is a formal flight that is conducted as a single training flight by an authorized personnel, and must be documented....you may not call it a check-but thats basically what it is...you can call it training as well, does not matter..its a flight that has to be done before you can fly the differnet variant...
Like is said above-not sure why you are trying to make a fuzz about it-i clearly stated that one needs two type ratings (bascially four-as each type rating can be single pilot and multi pilot, and dont forget the IR which is a different rating as well)... |
You clearly stated that each variant will be a separate type rating.
I call it differences training because that is what EASA and the CAA call it. |
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