UK CAA checks
 

Does the UK CAA require such things as 10-year background checks/drug tests as they do in the USA for their pilots/cc/mechs?

To work for them or to have a UK licence issued?

I already I have the qualifications, does the airline conduct these investigations?

if you have a ticket issued by any aviation authority you shouldn't be hitting the crack pipe.

Don't know what the CAA require if you want to work for them, and I would imagine that individual airlines would have different criteria. If you want to get a UK Airside pass then you have to have Disclosure Scotland check.

This only proves that you haven't been caught in the UK. An awful lot of foreign criminals could pass this check in the UK! :rolleyes:

No, they simply require cheques!

As flippant as that may sound, as a regulatory body and an emanation of the state, they have been mandated to operate as a commercial organisation, utilising their regulatory position to ensure that they are cost neutral or profitable from the charges they levy on their users. That may well be good housekeeping on the one hand, however it also seems they take a noticeable disinterest in those matters where regulatory oversight brings them into conflict with their large commercial customers.

A good example is the current "Pay to fly" and "very low houred pilots being fast tracked into the right seat of airliners." They have done almost nothing while a historic loophole was distorted and exploited to become an open floodgate. They would perhaps argue that the existing legislation and regulation is sufficient. Their corporate customers would certainly protest loudly if they tightened up on this.

So the answer to your question is, no they don't, other than regulating the information that is required and supplied on the medical application forms. If the medical branch of the CAA had concerns in that regard they may well withhold a certificate pending further investigation.

I thought that was a requirement.

I see the UKCAA is still up to their old tricks...IE: the pilot paying for a license, or type endorsement, etc.
I recently completed an FAA recurrent with a FAA inspector...no charge.

Perhaps the UKCAA is a profit centre?:rolleyes::}:eek:

FAA and taxes.......
 

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The FAA is part funded by taxes.
The UK CAA is ONLY funded by Aviation. The UK taxpayer does not contribute to UK CAA. Thus, individual's licences are paid for by the license holder (and/or their employer). The fee is steep as the fees pay for the overheads aswell!!
I hate to think what they charge for AOCs.

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/249AOC.pdf details the charges for operators.