Peter wrote:

Yes, you can do this. It is because the UK law (the Air Navigation
Order) automatically validates these foreign licenses i.e. it
"converts" them into UK licenses, when flying a G-reg. I can dig out
the section if you need it. The ANO itself is on the CAA.co.uk
website; the file is called cap393.pdf. This *automatic* validation in
the UK is non-ICAO (normally one needs a piece of paper) and the UK
has filed a difference to ICAO on it; it is very convenient of course.

thanks, I'll look it up, it is definitely interesting;


The above is NON commercial only e.g. you may not be allowed to
exercise certain license privileges like an instructor rating (done to
protect the business of local flying schools).

a FAA instructor certificate is actually not a *pilot* rating as such;
i.e., you can instruct without exercising the privilege of your
pilot certificate, if your student is qualified to act as PIC; i.e.,
I have in mind financing my next European vacation by doing a few BFR
here and there to those expat FAA certificated pilots out there :-)
(but then I have to get this CFI rating first, actively working on
it as I speak :-)

--Sylvain