Not an uncommon opinion of the GPC Stephen.
From: stephenk
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 9:15 AM
To: [email protected] ; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring
in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider Pilots License
Jenny,
The new PPLs will be issued automatically at your next medical after the end of
this year, or if you have a need can be requested earlier than your medical
(but not before about December as they don't start issuing them till then and
will be targetting airline pilots, who must fly overseas, first).
And I must clarify my answer to Ron which Mark highlighted. When Ron said "this
new license" I assumed he was talking the coming CAR license not the existing
GPC. As I sort of indicated in my original reply the GPC being a glider pilot
_Certificate_ is not (to my knowledge) recognised as a license. So it won't get
you recognition in other countries. In fact I consider it a pretty useless bit
of paper, that's why I don't have one. Lack of one doesn't (at this stage) stop
me flying in Australia. I may get one in future, but only so I can then get my
Part 61 license endorsed with glider flying to allow me to fly overseas in
future (obviously once I had the PPL endorsement the GPC returns to being
valueless).
Regards
SWK
On 29/03/2013 7:15 AM, Jenny Ganderton wrote:
On 28/03/13 23:55, Mark Newton wrote:
If you already have a new ICAO-compliant PPL or CPL (issued by CASA towards
the end of this year), you can have a glider class endorsement added to it
instead of having two licenses. It sounds like CASA will accept the GPC as a
proof of entitlement, so if you have one it'll probably make the issue of the
CASA license simple. If you don't, you'll probably have to jump through some
more hoops (or just get a GPC).
So how do get my 2004 issued PPL "upgraded" to an ICAO compliant one? Or does
it happen automatically?
Jenny
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