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UK CPL and EASA CPL

Is it possible for a holder of an EASA CPL to get a UK CPL without losing the EASA CPL, as long as UK is part of the EU?

Is there any equivalent to the National PPL but for CPL?

The reason I am asking is because a UK CPL is a prerequisite for some companies hiring in the UK and they do not accept other EASA CPL.

ESME, ESMS

Yes, UK CAA is obliged to grant a United Kingdom pilot’s licence upon application pursuant to article 152 of the ANO and UK membership of EU or EASA is not relevant. This includes a CPL in the aeroplane category. Licence types are defined in schedule 8 to the Order. I haven’t examined it for a while but I don’t believe a commercial equivalent of the ‘sub-ICAO’ NPPL exists. See arts 137 and 148 for circumstances in which a UK licence is valid or see this diagram (link).

London, United Kingdom

What companies would want a UK CPL? It is only valid for Annex I (nee II) aircraft

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Do they mean an EASA part FCL CPL issued/managed by the UK CAA?

Nympsfield, United Kingdom

Balliol wrote:

What companies would want a UK CPL? It is only valid for Annex I (nee II) aircraft

The Concorde is Annex I, so he maybe onto a prestigious job after all

You can force the UK CAA to issue you a UK PPL/CPL/ATPL if you can get your hand on some Annex I aircraft that require a TR (not sure that many are around )

Last Edited by Ibra at 13 Jun 19:01
Paris/Essex, France/UK, United Kingdom

Here is the text from the ad:

“Valid UK CAA issue EASA Frozen ATPL, CPL or MPL (or willing to convert prior to employment)”

This is what I was asking. My main objective is not losing the non-UK EASA CPL.

ESME, ESMS

They want you to do a state of licence issue conversion to UK for your EASA licence. You can’t hold two EASA licences in different states.

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Probably not possible while the UK is in EASA, you can only have one EASA licence and probably not worth it when the UK is not in EASA…

Paris/Essex, France/UK, United Kingdom

So this would not be a smart conversion, at a time when people try to convert their licenses the other direction.

ESME, ESMS

You can always go back if you need to…

This is a curious requirement since the UK CAA has stated that they will accept EASA papers for 2 years post-brexit. That takes care of any G-reg aircraft, for worldwide ops. It is Brussels which has said they will not accept UK papers at all for EASA-regs post-brexit – which is a lot more aggressive – and while that is IMHO hardly capable of being sustained on the relevant day, operators have to assume it will be implemented.

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