leksey, сами британцы не знают, что будет после Брекзита.
Мне Бристоль прислал письмо, которым предупреждал о том, что после Брекзита их сертификат может оказаться недействительным в EASA.
Звучало примерно так:
Brexit Preparation
The UK CAA have advised us at that there may be issues for pilots in training in the event of a hard Brexit on 29 March 2019. In the worst case the UK will cease to be an EASA member State and the UK CAA will no longer be the ‘Competent Authority’ for the UK, as defined by EASA.
Following the UK CAA advice now published at
https://info.caa.co.uk/eu-exit/ we want to make sure that pilots studying for theoretical exams are aware of the options open to them. Ultimately you must decide what course of action is better for you, and this will reflect your own opinions on whether continuing UK membership of EASA is likely or unlikely and also your own personal circumstances.
The particular concerns for pilots under training are (i) that, where the records are currently held by the UK CAA, after March 2019 it may not be possible to transfer licences or training records from the UK to another EASA State and (ii) there is a requirement that all theoretical exams be completed in one State, although that need not be the State under which theory training was completed. The risk here is that exams part completed with the UK CAA by March 2019 will not be able to be either completed or transferred to another Authority.
Of course, the issue of continuing EASA membership may resolve itself in the next weeks or months but, if you take the worst-case view, we would recommend the following for BGS students:
1. Students who have yet to take exams are advised to
a. start their exams under another Competent Authority and also
b. to transfer their licences before the end of March 2019 to another Authority.
2. Students who are within sight of finishing are advised to
a. complete their exams under the UK CAA as soon as possible and
b. to transfer their licences before the end of March 2019 to another Competent Authority. We do not accept EASA’s advice quoted on the CAA website that transferring to ‘another ATO located in the EU’ will be sufficient as we have no confidence that, in the event of a hard Brexit, the UK CAA (then operating outside EASA) will be able to transfer the records or licences of candidates in training to another EASA State according to current EASA
procedures.
3. Students who fall into neither category will have to choose between:
a. Path 1 above, abandoning their earlier attempts
b. Doing nothing in the hope that a satisfactory situation will emerge
On the other hand, if you take the view that the UK and the EU will put in place some form of arrangement that allows the UK to continue as an EASA member then no action is necessary.
Exams outside the UK
We have made an arrangement with Austro Control, the Competent Authority for Austria, to start offering their exams at BGS headquarters in Clevedon, the first two sittings are on the 20th to 23rd of November, and 3rd to 6th December; other sittings will follow regularly. Austro Control fees are considerably less than the UK CAA at €39.60 for each exam as opposed to £71, and the exams will be taken on either iPads or laptops as supplied at the exam centre. Note that if you start your exams with Austro Control you will have to complete your exams with Austro Control.
To apply to sit your exams with Austro Control, in the first instance email
info@bristol.gs, and our Training Manager will guide you through the process.
Full details will be posted on the bristol.gs website shortly.
If you have already started your exams with another EASA State then there is no problem, continue with them.
Transferring licences and training records
The UK CAA advise us that the process of licence transfer starts with the State you choose to hold your records. If you wish to transfer your licence/records, contact your EASA State of choice and follow their application process.
If you have any questions, firstly please visit our website
www.bristol.gs and if your question has not been answered there please email
info@bristol.gs
Best regards,
Bristol Groundschool