As of 1 April 2021, a new licence application process will be available to pilots, instructors and examiners who previously held a UK issued Part-FCL Licence. A similar process will also apply to EASA licence holders whose licence date of initial issue is prior to 31 December 2020.

The CAA understands that there are a number of pilots who transferred their licences to an EASA Member State before 31 December 2020, who are still waiting the issue of their EASA Flight Crew Licence. To allow these pilots to continue operating UK-registered aircraft, the CAA has issued a Validation to grant such pilots who obtain their EASA licence between 1 January 2021 and 31 March 2021 the ability to do so. As such, these pilots will be able to follow the below process to obtain a UK Part-FCL.

If you hold a non-UK CAA EASA licence or have transferred your licence to a EASA member state and wish to operate G-reg aircraft, please refer to our UK-EU transition microsite for information on how to do so. The general validations can be found on the Downloads page.

Requirements

Medical records supporting UK Part-MED certificate must be held on the United Kingdom CAA Medical Records System, including details about changing the state of licence issue.

How to apply

Applicants will need to submit an application for the UK Part-FCL via the CAA’s e-Licensing system. For applicants unable to apply by this system, an online application form will be made available.

Applicants for a UK National licence, wishing to operate non-Part 21 aircraft, are required to submit their request in writing by e-mail to fclweb@caa.co.uk (Subject heading: “National licence”).

The fee

An administration fee is payable for verifying your licensing privileges with the issuing authority of your non-UK Part-FCL licence, in addition to the relevant licence/certificate fee.

Please see our Licensing fees and costs (full details are available in Scheme of Charges (Personnel Licensing)).

An additional fee applies if you would like your documents returned by secure courier.

Making sure your documents are safely returned.

Processing time

Once the CAA is in receipt of your application, this will be added to the workflow and processed in strict date order. Due to the nature of this application process, in conjunction with the two-year recognition period, it will not be bound by our standard SLA.

Following the initial assessment, a request will be sent to your EU NAA for verification of the EASA Part-FCL licence, and for confirmation of any current enforcement or revocation action.

Only once we are in receipt of the verification, and your UK medical has been issued, a UK Part-FCL will be issued.

As this application requires that your EASA licence details are verified by the EU NAA that issued your non-UK Part-FCL licence, we are reliant on the cooperation and turnaround of the other authority.

Conversion of National and Restricted Ratings

The UK CAA is unable to convert any National Ratings held on Non-UK EU Part-FCL Licences. Additionally, we cannot issue ratings that are restricted to specific countries or airlines, and these will not be endorsed on the UK Part-FCL.

What will be issued on the UK Part-FCL Licence

All privileges endorsed on your licence at the time of transfer from the UK will be endorsed onto the UK Part-FCL licence. Any additional privileges from the EU Part-FCL will also be endorsed onto the UK Part-FCL, excluding any National or Restricted Ratings. Any valid ratings will be annotated on the certificate of revalidation, with any expired ratings being removed to the back of the licence.

File size limit

Please note that there is currently a 50Mb size limit for files uploaded to our forms. 
If your attachments exceed 50Mb, you should send all supporting documentation to fclweb@caa.co.uk quoting your application number.

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact our licensing team
Email fclweb@caa.co.uk (preferred)
Phone 0330 022 1972 (Mon - Fri 08:30 - 16:30)