karoliina.t.salminen
Well-Known Member
This sort of interests me because I am a co-owner of a N-registered aircraft in EU. In case someone would be interested what is happening on the other side of the Pond:
Read more here: http://www.iaopa.eu/mediaServlet/f_1001723_current.html
One interesting quote from the text, which very much describes what is happening:
This is the very reason to have an N-registered aircraft for many, including our N-registered plane, because EASA IR simply is unobtainium for many financially because for example in Finland, integrated ATPL (airline transport pilot) route is the only way to get IR, this is why it has been attractive to get IR training and rating in USA.
Would be interesting to know if FAA going to do something for that EASA is going to make FAA licenses illegal in Europe? I hope they will do and a bilateral agreement can be reached before this comes in effect. This obviously also affects US citizens living in Europe temporarily or permanently.
This rule may also affect adversely those pilots who have US medicals but can not obtain EASA medicals due to much stricter requirements in EASA (many conditions that are considered safe in USA by assessing the risk, are disqualifying in EASA and there is no special issuance in EASA by definition, just plain disqualification in the place of special issuance). Fortunately, I don't have any medical problem (so far) and I am a (happy?) owner of EASA medical - knock knock.
So the idea for N-registered experimental may be also be out of the question in the not so distant future. Also Europe is not very attractive market for aircraft now due to high fuel expenses, and even if high efficiency would somewhat help on that, it apparently may be even less so in the future, because many potential customers are going to be excluded by this new regulation (many IR pilots just happen to have FAA IR because it is obtainable whereas the EASA one is not really so unless you have deep pockets full of Euros).
Read more here: http://www.iaopa.eu/mediaServlet/f_1001723_current.html
One interesting quote from the text, which very much describes what is happening:
This is the very reason to have an N-registered aircraft for many, including our N-registered plane, because EASA IR simply is unobtainium for many financially because for example in Finland, integrated ATPL (airline transport pilot) route is the only way to get IR, this is why it has been attractive to get IR training and rating in USA.
Would be interesting to know if FAA going to do something for that EASA is going to make FAA licenses illegal in Europe? I hope they will do and a bilateral agreement can be reached before this comes in effect. This obviously also affects US citizens living in Europe temporarily or permanently.
This rule may also affect adversely those pilots who have US medicals but can not obtain EASA medicals due to much stricter requirements in EASA (many conditions that are considered safe in USA by assessing the risk, are disqualifying in EASA and there is no special issuance in EASA by definition, just plain disqualification in the place of special issuance). Fortunately, I don't have any medical problem (so far) and I am a (happy?) owner of EASA medical - knock knock.
So the idea for N-registered experimental may be also be out of the question in the not so distant future. Also Europe is not very attractive market for aircraft now due to high fuel expenses, and even if high efficiency would somewhat help on that, it apparently may be even less so in the future, because many potential customers are going to be excluded by this new regulation (many IR pilots just happen to have FAA IR because it is obtainable whereas the EASA one is not really so unless you have deep pockets full of Euros).
