EASA License Question

Roblestone

Hi, does anybody know when you undertake your CPL in an EASA member state are you issued a license from that country or do you just receive an EASA license?

I know before EASA was implemented, if you took you CPL in Spain you would get a JAA license issued be the Spainish CAA, and if you wanted an Irish issued license you had to convert it.

I seem to recall seeing a recently issued PPL and it just says on the front of it EASA FCL, no mention of IAA etc.

So is it now just considered one big state? And you don't need to convert your Spainish CPL to an irish CPL, as you will just get an EASA CPL?

I hope my question makes sense, hard to put in writing! Just looking into a few options for when I finish my PPL may go abroad to do my CPL.

Thanks

robclay26

Roblestone wrote: »

Hi, does anybody know when you undertake your CPL in an EASA member state are you issued a license from that country or do you just receive an EASA license?

I know before EASA was implemented, if you took you CPL in Spain you would get a JAA license issued be the Spainish CAA, and if you wanted an Irish issued license you had to convert it.

I seem to recall seeing a recently issued PPL and it just says on the front of it EASA FCL, no mention of IAA etc.

So is it now just considered one big state? And you don't need to convert your Spainish CPL to an irish CPL, as you will just get an EASA CPL?

I hope my question makes sense, hard to put in writing! Just looking into a few options for when I finish my PPL may go abroad to do my CPL.

Thanks

Hi Roblestone,

When you take a CPl test, the state you took the test in normally becomes the issuing state for your EASA licence. your EASA licence will have in it on the front page with your date or birth, signature etc the country that issued you the licence.

Now, this is the other thing, you would have to change your licence still moving from state to state as for there is no central database. For example you got an Irish issued EASA licence and you get a job in Germany, you need to exchange it with the Germans. This is what I was told.

Also for your information, and from my own experience, you can take ATPL exams in on state, CPL train in another, Take the CPL flight test in another and be issued your CPL in Another State.
I did my CPL conversion in Sweden and took the flight test paperwork home to the IAA and was Issued an IAA CPL Multi IR and I never took any training here.

EASA is a huge improvement over the JAA system. If you need further information, please come back to me.

robclay26

Here is my licence front cover, so you can see what I'm talking about

Roblestone

robclay26 wrote: »

Hi Roblestone,

When you take a CPl test, the state you took the test in normally becomes the issuing state for your EASA licence. your EASA licence will have in it on the front page with your date or birth, signature etc the country that issued you the licence.

Now, this is the other thing, you would have to change your licence still moving from state to state as for there is no central database. For example you got an Irish issued EASA licence and you get a job in Germany, you need to exchange it with the Germans. This is what I was told.

Also for your information, and from my own experience, you can take ATPL exams in on state, CPL train in another, Take the CPL flight test in another and be issued your CPL in Another State.
I did my CPL conversion in Sweden and took the flight test paperwork home to the IAA and was Issued an IAA CPL Multi IR and I never took any training here.

EASA is a huge improvement over the JAA system. If you need further information, please come back to me.

Thanks a million mate. That's exactly what I was looking for. Hoping to do my CPL and IR in Spain, but would like an IAA issued license, wasn't sure if there was just a common EASA license now. Cheers

phonypony

Don't forget about the concept of 'state of licence issue'. The EASA member state that holds your medical records is your state of licence issue. This can be changed but usually requires you finding the AMS who did your medical. Also, to take a skills test in another member state to your state of licence issue, the examiner must be briefed by the aviation authority of your state. Paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork...

robclay26

phonypony wrote: »

Don't forget about the concept of 'state of licence issue'. The EASA member state that holds your medical records is your state of licence issue. This can be changed but usually requires you finding the AMS who did your medical. Also, to take a skills test in another member state to your state of licence issue, the examiner must be briefed by the aviation authority of your state. Paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork...

Thanks! Forgot to mention that, because my circumstances where different