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Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 9:38 PM
Subject: NPPL revalidation: URGENT


Dear All,
If you have an NPPL, you may need to revalidate it by 30th June 2009 at the
latest.

Notably the NPPL SSEA, which previously had rolling validity requirements, has
been changed to a validity period of 24 months (see AIC 30/2008 released on
24/4/08).

In order to facilitate this change, a transition period from 1/2/08 until
30/6/09 was agreed, Within this period, all NPPL SSEA holders (with the
exception of those electing to revalidate by General Skills Test) must
revalidate as follows:

Such licence holders should present their log books TO AN EXAMINER with the
following evidence of class rating validity:


A minimum of 6 hours (4 hours as PIC) in the 12 months prior to logbook
presentation.

A 1 hour flight with an authorised instructor in the 24 months before the date
of logbook presentation.

Those licence holders who, before 31/1/2008, have exercised Microlight and.or
SLMG privileges under their SSEA rating must also produce evidence of having
completed the associated differences training on these classes of aeroplanes.

Please note the certificate of revalidation MUST be signed by an EXAMINER with a
24 month validity period from the date of signature stating "SSEA (Land) Class"
and the date of signature shall be included in the EXAMINER'S signature space.


NPPL microlight and SLMG Class rating holders are also being changed to a 24
month revalidity period, but are unlikely to be caught by this trap becuase
their previous validity period was 13 months and so have presumably been
revalidated since 1/2/2008. Please note however, that this also required the
signing of a Certificate of Revalidation by an examiner, NOT the signing of a
Certificate of Experience in the holders personal flying log book.

Are you still all with me? Probably not!

But the bottom line is that if you do not have a Certificate of Revalidation
signed by an EXAMINER since 1/2/2008, you had better organize it tomorrow.

Contact a convenient examiner ASAP eg Steve Maric, Alan Stevenson, Willie Devlin
(SSEA) or Colin MacKinnon (Microlight).

Sorry about the short notice but I only just realised myself!

Best wishes,

Graeme Park.

P.S. Examiner John Allen has kindly offered to help out any pilot in this
predicament. Contact him ASAP on 07769 690041



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