Gliding Club Experiences

On Wednesday, 11 November 2020 at 01:13:57 UTC+2, waremark wrote:
About the 24 month requirement for EASA licences.

That has not applied to pilots authorised under the BGA system. And it is pilots' own responsibility to maintain the validity of their licences. Personally, I have been keeping my SPL alive by taking other instructors flying with me in my Arcus - the requirement is two flights with an instructor in 24 months! I maintain my BGA instructor rating by taking part in instructor Module D courses - and I have also been keeping my EASA instructor rating alive by having an assessment of competence every three years. Add on medicals and power ratings and it is easy to lose track.

Well of course it is pilots own responsibility to keep the right to use licence valid?! You probably find that sentence from the first paragraph of any licencing regulation

I'm aware that the 24 month requirement is to fly with instructor, not flight examiner (did not know that definition of word checkride includes that, english being my third best language).

I did not know that UK pilots could use EASA licences, but without sticking to all paragraphs, that sounds simply amazing. Reading this makes reasoning behind brexit even more mind-boggling.