PPL Validity Check Chart for pilots of single piston engined aircraft from 1st January 2000 Written for FLYER Airportal by David Pitt START PPL(A) Single Engine Piston Land Plane         Is your Medical Certificate current? STOP obtain new medical certificate Is your Certificate of Revalidation or test current? STOP obtain new Certificate of Revalidation Are you carrying passengers? Do you comply with the 90 day rule for take off and landings? STOP do flights without passengers until requirements met (but see night flying)           Does the aircraft have complex features or tailwheel undercarriage? Have you undertaken differences training (or have grandfather rights) for the type? STOP undertake differences training with a qualified instructor and have it recorded in your log book     Are you flying in VMC and within privileges of basic PPL? Do you hold an IMC (or instrument) rating? STOP train for and obtain IMC (or instrument) rating       Are you flying at night? Is your IMC (or instrument) rating current? STOP renew IMC (or instrument) rating     Go flying!   Do you hold a night qualification or rating? STOP train for and obtain night qualification       Go flying! Are you carrying passengers?             Go flying! Do you comply with the 90 day rule for night take offs and landings? STOP do a night flight without passengers to meet the requirement   E x p l a n a t o r y   N o t e s Medical certificates JAR class 2 medical replaces CAA class 3 at next renewal with validity periods of: 5 years to age 30 2 years age 30-49 1 year age 50 on Certificate of Revalidation Certificate of Revalidation replaced Certificate of Experience and is valid for 24 months. Passengers To carry passengers, you must have made at least 3 take offs and landings in the last 90 days as handling pilot in a piston engined single. Take offs and landings in aircraft of other classes (eg multi engined or touring motor gliders) cannot be counted. Differences training In order to fly aircraft with: variable pitch propeller retractable undercarriage turbo or supercharging pressurisation tailwheel undercarriage (if you trained on a nosewheel aircraft) you must have undertaken differences training with a qualified instructor and have it recorded in your log book (or have grandfather rights). Grandfather rights apply to pilots who have flown aircraft with the respective feature(s) prior to 1/1/2000. For piston singles, differences training does not need to be renewed. IMC rating IMC rating valid for 25 months from initial test or renewal. Carrying passengers at night To carry passengers at night, at least one of the take offs and landings required in the last 90 days (see above) must have been made at night (as handling pilot in a piston engined single). R e v a l i d a t i o n To obtain a certificate of revalidation, you must have met the following requirements: In the twelve months prior to the expiry of the existing certificate you must have flown 12 hours in piston singles or touring motor gliders, of which 6 hours must be as pilot in command, made twelve take offs and landings and have completed a flight of at least one hour with an instructor which must be countersigned in your log book. Any other proficiency check or skill test for a class or type rating can replace this flight. An IMC test or renewal or the annual proficiency check required for a multi rated pilot will suffice (even though they may not have been undertaken on a single engined aircraft). If a pilot cannot meet these requirements, a proficiency check must be undertaken with an examiner in the 3 months prior to expiry. If your certificate of revalidation has lapsed, a skills test with an examiner is required. Note: all time scales are by reference to the expiry date of the existing certificate, not the date of signing of the new certificate.   Information correct on 01/02/2000. Further JAR-FCL information can be found on the CAA website top