I don’t know if other European CAAs are offering a similar service. Presumably the UK CAA will be doing it only for UK pilots…
This is a huge improvement for pilots with FAA licenses, who previously faced travelling to the USA, or paying a lot of money to one of the two European based DPEs.
I may have posted an earlier version of this but can’t find it using the search right now.
Received this from a pilot friend. Don’t know what the original ‘source’ was.
Latest from the CAA re FAA ‘piggy-back’ licences:
Following the introduction of harmonized European pilot licences, pilots holding a UK ‘National’ or EASA licence, who also hold an ‘FAA Certificate’ allowing them to fly in the United States, are required to have the document reissued with the UK CAA to retain its validity. This is an FAA requirement, following format changes to European licences.
This arrangement will avoid the need for pilots to travel to the US for verification of identity, as the Federal Aviation Administration has now confirmed that pilots can have the certificate reissued outside the United States. The UK Civil Aviation Authority is therefore advising affected pilots contact its licensing service to arrange the re-issue.
Under normal circumstances, pilots with an FAA Certificate would have been required to travel to an FAA Flight Standards District Office in the United States to comply with identification requirements. The CAA recognizes the cost and inconvenience, this will cause to pilots and therefore, in conjunction with the FAA’s Flight Standards Service, has decided to grant a deviation from this particular requirement.
The FAA has instructed the UK CAA, that personal identity must be verified in person and therefore pilots will be required to attend the CAA’s public counter at its Gatwick offices between Monday and Friday, between 08.30 and 16.00. This process is only applicable to pilots holding a UK issued National or EASA licence, who live outside the United States and currently hold FAA pilot Certificates.
Pilots have until October 2018 to have their FAA Certificate reissued.
Pilots are required to visit the UK CAA public counter Service at Aviation House, South Area Gatwick Airport, West Sussex RH6 0YR in person, with a completed form SRG 2110. Guidance on filling out the form is also available.
There will be a fee of £44 to pay. The CAA will then send the relevant paperwork to the FAA licensing centre in Oklahoma City.
Ah, sorry all – did not see Peter’s ‘link’ at No. 01 to the same and original CAA document
This route appears to have ended Sep 2018 – see here.
The recommendation over the years was to always get the standalone FAA PPL which avoids this issue – except for this situation.
