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The European Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1178/2011 (the "Aircrew Regulation") is binding and directly applicable in all EASA Member States since 8 April 2012.
Conversion requirements for (existing) national licenses of Member States are regulated by Annex II; and the acceptance of those from third countries (under which the UK falls after a "No Deal"-Brexit) are regulated by Annex III.
</ref> In order to act as a pilot-in-command of an "EASA aircraft" as specified in the Regulation, it is a regulated requirement to hold a pilot license according to Part-FCL, in principle. However, due to the burdensome requirements for organizations - such as gliding clubs - for training towards such a pilot licence (non-commercial), Part-DTO (Annex VIII) was introduced by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1119 <ref name="cr-2018-1119">[https://www.easa.europa.eu/document-library/regulations/commission-regulation-eu-20181119 Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1119]</ref> of 31 July 2018 to promote more flexibility within General Aviation.
Nonetheless, each Member State was given by legislation (by the Commission Regulation itself) the possibility, through a derogation, to not apply among others:
* Annexes I to IV until 8 April 2013
* provisions of Annex I related to powered-lift aircraft and airships until 8 April 2015
* provisions of Annex I related to sailplanes and balloons until <s>8 April 2018</s> / 8 April 2020 (extended by Regulation (EU) 2018/1119) For glider pilots, the last itemized possible derogation is probably the most relevant one; indeed, the United Kingdom is making use of this possibility: The UK CAA has filed such an exemption for pilots of sailplanes and balloons from Part<ref name="cr-FCL licensing requirements in the United Kingdom 2018- while gliding clubs (or the British Gliding Association in the UK1119" />) use the time to set themselves up as DTOs to offer EASA-compliant training courses towards the LAPL(S) license or the SPL license: http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/ORS4No1292.pdf
For glider pilots, the last itemized possible derogation is probably the most relevant one; indeed, the United Kingdom is making use 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.<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.
= Changes in EASA Sailplane Licensing: Part-SFCL (possibly from April 2020) =
<ref>[https://www.easa.europa.eu/document-library/opinions/opinion-no-012019-bOpinion No 01/2019 (A) & (B)]</ref>
= LAPL(S)/SPL License (as of up until March 2020) =
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