Hello everyone,
Does anyone have any experience or insight on logging flight hours on a non-EASA registered airplane? Due to being stuck outside the EU I've got an opportunity to do some flying in Thailand and was wondering if I could log the hours?
Thanks in advance
Hi Jonathan,
I'm sorry but I don't really understand your question.
If it's about logging the hours in your pilot logbook, then it shouldn't matter where you are (as long as you're qualified to fly that aircraft and your license is valid in that country). If you are talking about logging hours in the aircraft logbook, then format do change between countries but he info is roughly the same.
Or are you worried your hours logged in Thailand won't be valid in EASA?
Even a student with no licence can log flight hours.
Of course you can log the hrs flown in Thailand on a Thai reg plane.
How is that covered by legislation? The airplane is out of the EASA system, right? - so it would be same like with Annex I aircraft before the recent clarification in the AMC!?
No problem at all. An airplane is an airplane and the laws of physics are the same all over the world. There is nothing in the EASA regulations that specifies that experience logged must be acquired on EASA MS registered aircraft. Lots of pilots holding EASA licences log hours built on N-reg.
The minor problem that you may run into however, is that some countries require you to log things for which there is no column in your logbook. For example, in the US you may be required to log time flown by reference to instruments, while in Europe you only log IFR time. The way I solved this is by keeping a written EASA logbook, and a spreadsheet with additional information.
If you get instruction in Thailand, that may not be counted towards the equivalent EASA rating.
I'm worried my hours logged in Thailand won't be valid in EASA. I've got both an Easa and Thai Caat cpl.