The Civil Aviation Authority in the UK has produced a very useful guide to EASA pilot licensing regulations.  In summary, they tell us this:

“From 1 July 2012, EU rules for licence validations will apply to pilots with licences issued outside of the EASA Member States who are engaged in commercial flights in UK-registered EASA aircraft.  This will also apply to pilots with licences issued outside of the EU flying with UK operators using aircraft registered anywhere.  As written the EU legislation will apply European validation rules for private flights from 8 April 2014”

This “Quick Guide” is an amazing 22 pages of PDF file  – we wonder exactly how long a “”Full Guide” would be.  Has anyone at CAA or EASA ever heard of making things simple, we wonder?

Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com