Dear EASA, I am a holder of a PPL EU FCL with a SEP class rating. The license was issued by a member state in Benelux and I currently live and fly in Germany.
The time has come again to revalidate the class rating (12h, 12 landings, 1 hour training flight) and also to renew the English proficiency attestation. My fellow pilots in Germany - holding a license issued by Germany - tell me the FI/CRI can simply revalidate the SEP by writing directly in the license and then sending in the relevant documentation to the LBA. They are apparently also allowed to do this regarding the English proficiency after they have seen the certificate issued by an LTO.
However, it seems this is not possible in the license issuing state in Benelux. The authorities require me to send in the license and log-book and charge a fee for entering the new date. Regarding the LTO English certificate they require me to tell them in advance which LTO I intend to use. On this basis they want to decide whether to accept the certificate.
I wonder if these complications are in line with the Basic Regulation and corresponding implementing acts as well as AMC. Can you help? Thanks a lot!
Good question. Apparently, Switzerland does not accept hand-written entries in licenses and logbooks without sending in all copies either. Even when certain regulations require a hand-written entry (e.g. PBN). I have always wondered why this isn't allowed in all EASA member states.
Hello TPS, your comment is not correct at all.
It is correct that examiner, FI or CRI can revalidate a classrating SEP or TMG or a by a handwritten entry on the backside of the licence if all applicable requirements are met. Examiner can also revalidate FI or CRI rating.
But language proficiency can only be revalidated by a handwritten entry of the LTO, respectively the language examiner who has taken the language examination, not the FI or CRI.
However the documentation must be send to the competent authority.
Further information to the German procedure for handwritten entries in licences could be found here:
https://www.wirtschaft.bremen.de/sixcms/media.php/13/160418_DOC_LIZ_NfL…
Which Benelux state are you talking about? As for Belgium, none of what you wrote is true. I am a holder of a Belgian licence and had it revalidated abroad twice, both times the FI wrote it directly into my licence and I sent the paperwork to the CAA. Moreover, as for ELP, it's the LAB who is responsible for announcing your assessment in advance, not you.
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