Licence back after all these years!

[upsidedownsteve]

Just received my National A Race Licence after FAR too many years without!

Sent in my old Nat B tickets from all those years ago with enough signatures and here it is ..... chuffed I have to say. Only a written ARDS test was required.

Very impressed with the MSA - they were very helpful on the phone and my application was processed quickly. I also got emails saying they had received it and they had dispatched it.

I also fly and the CAA (aka Campaign against Aviation) could learn a whole lot from the MSA. Pilot's licence processing is pretty much the opposite of my very positive experience with the MSA.

Still have plenty of signatures on some other old ones, I wonder ........

Now all I need to do is get out there!

[vjay48]

How many years apart are the licences?

[upsidedownsteve]

The last one I held was 1994.

[vjay48]

There are people who posted on here that if you yet your licence lapse for more than 3 years you had to re-take the ards test again in full,you cant help some people!!!!!

[spyderman8]

Does it depend on your age, perhaps?

[vjay48]

why would it depend on age?

[upsidedownsteve]

Its all in the Blue Book:-

14.1.1. Note: A competitor who is unable to retain their
Race licence as mentioned below may be required to
pass a course at an Association of Racing Drivers’
School. Exemptions to this requirement are as detailed
in 8.2 of this section. Competitors qualified to retain a
National ‘A’ or higher licence, who have not renewed
their licence for five years or more will be required to
pass the ARDS written examination.