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PRE-FLIGHT YOUR LICENCE LOW RES


As well as the practical considerations of getting back to flying, it’s also important to check your licence, ratings and medical


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ince Covid-19 related restrictions started in March 2020, various exemptions and alternative means of compliance for keeping ratings valid have come and gone. Some people may have taken advantage of these, but for many Covid has probably put flying on the back-burner until restrictions lift in full. So if you have lost track, now’s a good time to establish whether you need to do anything to be legal again. For pilots operating on a normal PPL with a Class 2 medical there haven’t been any major changes recently, other than that the UK’s departure from the EU means that licence holders can no longer fly aircraft registered in other EASA member states. However, once we start talking Light Aircraft Pilot Licences (LAPL), National Private Pilot Licences (NPPL), medical declarations and the


associated menu of options away from the ICAO standard, things can become complicated. But let’s start with the basics.


REVALIDATION AND RENEWAL Your actual licence document is non- expiring — this applies to all aircraft categories for which a CAA issued licence is required. What expires are the ratings attached to the licence, as displayed on the ‘certificate of revalidation’ box of the licence. Let’s start with the common combination of PPL (Aeroplanes) and ratings such as the Single Engine Piston (SEP) or Touring Motor Glider (TMG). These ratings are valid for 24 months and can be ‘revalidated’ by experience or a proficiency check.


A common question is what is the SPRING 2021 CLUED UP 19


different between revalidating and renewing a rating? Revalidation refers to the extension of the rating for another validity period while the rating is still valid, whereas renewal refers to the case in which a rating has expired, and the holder is seeking to reactivate it.


For helicopters the key period is one year


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