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* provisions of Annex I related to sailplanes and balloons until <s>8 April 2018</s> / 8 April 2020 (extended by Regulation (EU) 2018/1119<ref name="cr-2018-1119" />)
For glider pilots, the last itemized possible derogation is probably the most relevant one; indeed, the United Kingdom is making use referring of this possibility: The UK CAA has filed such an exemption for pilots of sailplanes and balloons from Part-FCL licensing requirements in the United Kingdom - while gliding clubs (or the British Gliding Association in the UK) use the time to set themselves up as DTOs to offer EASA-compliant training courses towards the LAPL(S) license or the SPL license(UK CAA General Exemption E 4825).<ref>[http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/ORS4No1292.pdf General Exemption E 4825: Requirement to Hold a Part-FCL Pilot’s Licence to Operate a UK Registered Balloon, Sailplane or Powered Sailplane with an EASA Certificate of Airworthiness]</ref>
Hence, currently, there is still no requirement to hold a (Part-FCL compliant) pilot license while flying a sailplane in the UK, yet. In fact, there is no legal requirement in the UK, at all, to hold a license as a glider pilot for non-commercial operations.
