Useful Information if you have a License Extension. If you have received a license extension and are looking to revalidate it in the coming months, there are a few things you need to know. Firstly, a revalidation is where your license is still current and has not lapsed after 1 year. A renewal is where your license has expired after 1 year but less than 3 years and you are looking to make your license current again. A renewal requires an ATO to sign off on this and you may require training before.
Useful bit of information:
If your license expired within 90days or less
- You may require some minor refresher training prior to completing an LPC. In some cases you wont need any for example if you have been flying on another license under a different authority.
If your license expired more than 90 days but less than 1 year
- You require a minimum of 2 refresher training sessions prior to completing an LPC
If your license expired more than 1 year but less than 3 years
- You require a minimum of 3 refresher training sessions prior to completing an LPC
If your license expired more than 3 years ago:
- you are required to complete the initial type rating syllabus again prior to completing an LPC.
Now, if you have had a license extension from the CAA the regulations are listed below.
FCL.740. A Revalidation of class and type ratings – aeroplanes
Regulation (EU) 2020/359
(a) Revalidation of multi-engine class ratings and type ratings. For revalidation of multi-engine class ratings and type ratings, the applicant shall:
(1) pass a proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to this part in the relevant class or type of aeroplane or an FSTD representing that class or type, within the 3 months immediately preceding the expiry date of the rating; and
(2) complete during the period of validity of the rating, at least:
(i) 10 route sectors as pilot of the relevant class or type of aeroplane; or
(ii) 1 route sector as pilot of the relevant class or type of aeroplane or FFS, flown with an examiner. This route sector may be flown during the proficiency check.
(3) A pilot working for a commercial air transport operator approved in accordance with the applicable air operations requirements who has passed the operators proficiency check combined with the proficiency check for the revalidation of the class or type rating shall be exempted from complying with the requirement in (2).
(4) The revalidation of a BIR or an IR(A), if held, may be combined with a proficiency check for the revalidation of a class or type rating.
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