Re-validation applies when a rating has not expired. If it has expired it will need to be renewed.  The requirements differ as explained below.

If you are at all uncertain then please telephone us or email us and we will do our best to help.

Single Engine Piston (Land) (SEPL)

Validity

A SEPL rating is valid for 24 months.

Passengers

To carry passengers, you must have completed at least 3 take offs and 3 landings in the last 90 days on the class of aircraft that you wish to fly, as sole manipulator of the aeroplane.

Re-validation

A SEPL may be re-validated by :

Producing log book evidence of having completed 12 hours in last 12 months of the 24 month validity period. Of these 12 hours, 6 hours must be as pilot in command but the others can be a combination of either pic or training flights. You must also have completed 12 take-offs and landings. One of these twelve hours must have been with a Flying Instructor who must countersign your log book.

If you are re-validating by flying experience, and providing the examiner signs your Certificate of Experience page in your licence within the 3 months prior to the rating expiring, the validity of the revalidated rating will be calculated from the date of expiry of the preceeding rating.

Renewal

Should your SEPL rating expire even by a day, then you will need to talk to an examiner to ascertain what you need to do to renew. You must be prepared to undertake a Skills Test though in accordance with JAR FCL 1.240.

Night Qualification

Validity

Night Qualifications have no expiry date. They are valid for the life of your licence.

Passengers

To be able to carry passengers at night, you will need to have 3 take-offs and 3 landings in the last 90 days on the type of aircraft you are intending to carry passengers. One of these take offs and landings must have been done at night.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions Rating (IMC)

Validity

An IMC rating is valid for 25 months.

Re-Validation

The IMC Rating will be revalidated by a revalidation Flight Test comprising :-

• Limited Panel Instrument Flying. Straight and level flight, climbing and descending, turns onto selected headings, recovery from unusual attitudes.
  
  
• Let-Down and Approach Procedures. Let down and approach to Decision Height or Minimum Descent Height, and missed approach procedures using a pilot-interpreted aid. 
  
  
• Bad Weather Circuits.  Carry out a visual bad weather circuit and landing following an instrument approach. 
  
  

You will also need to produce evidence of having - in the period between the initial and/or revalidation flight tests, successfully completed a let-down and approach to DH/MDH, a go-around and a missed approach procedure, using an aid of a different type of that used on the test. This will be accomplished to the satisfaction of an instructor who is qualified to give instrument flying instruction. Alternatively, you may elect to carry out two approach procedures using different aids during the revalidation flight test.

Renewal

If you have allowed your IMC rating to lapse please telephone us so that we can advise on the renewal procedures.

Multi Engine Piston (Land) (SEPL)

Validity

A MEPL rating is valid for 24 months.

Passengers

To carry passengers, you must have completed at least 3 take offs and 3 landings in the last 90 days in an MEP aircraft as sole manipulator of the aeroplane.

Re-Validation

Re-validation of a Multi Engine Piston (Land) Class Rating requires a proficiency check within the 3 months preceeding the expiry date of the rating. There is also a minimum flying experience requirement of at least 10 route sectors within the validity of the rating. The experience requirement may be substituted by 1 route sector flown with an authorised examiner that may be undertaken as part of the proficiency check. A route sector is defined as a flight comprising take-off, cruise of not less than 15 minutes, arrival, approach and landing.

Renewal

Should your MEPL rating expire even by a day, then you will need to talk to an examiner to ascertain what you need to do to renew. Please remember that if your rating has expired by more than 5 years you will also be required to sit the multi engine theoretical exam.

Flight Instructor FI(A) Renewals

Validity

A FI(A) rating is valid for 3 years.

Re-Validation

The holder of an FI(A) Rating will need to revalidate their rating by completing two of the following requirements :

1. Complete at least 100 hours of flight instruction on aeroplanes as FI, IRI or as Examiner during the period of validity of the rating. Of this 100 hours, 30 hours must have been completed within the 12 months preceeding the expiry date of the FI rating. If the FI is wishing to instruct for an IR then 10 of these hours shall be instruction for IR.
   
   
2. Attend a FI refresher seminar. (visit www.aopa.co.uk for further information).
   
   
3. Pass an FI proficiency check within the 12 months preceeding the expiry of the rating.
   
   

Note : The first revalidation after initial issue of the rating must include a proficiency check as one of the requirements. After the first revalidation, a proficiency check must be included as one of the requirements at least every alternative revalidation.

Renewal

If an FI(A) holder wishes to renew their rating they will need to complete items 2 and 3 above within the last 12 months before renewal.

If an FI(A) holder' rating has expired by more than 5 years they should contact PLD at the Civil Aviation Authority for renewal requirements. Visit www.caa.co.uk for further information.