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Ask AOPA if you have an aviation realated issue or question; Infringement, MOR, Licensing, Ownership, etc. We will do our best to answer you within two working days.

If you are a Pilot or Instructor member, you may want to Ask AOPA prior to making a Pilot Report, or sending any other evidence to the CAA. If you do want help or advice at this stage, especialy if the event is likely to be serious, please give a full account of the event when you complete the "Ask AOPA" form.

1) Under CAP 1404, the CAA will contact the Registered owner of the Aircraft to ascertain who the PIC was at the time of the event.

2) The PIC will be asked to complete a Pilot Report, unless the Pilot has already completed a MOR. Following the steps below please copy your response to AOPA as it will provide us with a clear background to the event. You may want to ask AOPA to comment prior to sending to the CAA. 

The Report asks for:

  • The date, time, location, altitude/FL, Infringed Airspace for the event.
  • Crew Experience (Total hours, Hours on type, Last 90 days, Last 28 days, last 24 hours, Licence, Base airfield.)
  • Pilot Recency (Hours in last 12 months, Days since last flight, Days since last flight on type,)
  • Aircraft (Registration, Type, Category (from dropdown list), Typical IAS, ownership type (from dropdown list))
  • Transponder (Equipped, Any comments relevant to use (if relevant))
  • Flight (From, To, Nature of flight (from dropdown list), VFR/IFR, VFR Chart used (from dropdown list), Relevant (planned) route details.)
  • Weather (Visibility, Cloud, Other significant wx.)
  • ATC at time of infringement (ATC Contact (Yes/No)).
  • Use of GPS (GPS Used (Yes/No), Type of GPS, Aircraft equipped with airspace warning device (Yes/No))
  • GA Organisation Membership
  • Description (Brief outline and cause of the incident.)
  • Suggested actions to prevent recurrence.
  • Section 3 – Causal Factors 

It will then be up to the CAA Infringement Co-ordination Group to make an assessment, determine if an infringement occurred and, if so, what was the scale of the infringement and what actions, if any, are appropriate.

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Ask AOPA - Personal advice and Help for AOPA UK Members

A key benefit of full AOPA UK membership is the personal advice and support service we offer our Student, Pilot, Instructor or Corporate members. We receive around 150 requests for advice and help from members every year.

Our help and advice has saved our members time, money, prosecution and helped members to keep flying. Please get us involved at the earliest possible time and before you have started any proceedings that will cost you money.

If you are a current Student, Pilot, Instructor or Corporate member please feel free to "Ask AOPA" about an aviation related issue affecting you.

Please use the form below and we will get back to you as soon as we possibly can. We cannot guarantee a same or next day response, so please be patient. If it really is urgent please call the Office on 020 7834 5631 during normal business hours.

Please use the Change of Membership Details Form to advise us of any change to your Name, Phone Number, Email or Address.

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AOPA Corporate Member - Ask AOPA

As a Corporate member you can Ask AOPA about an issue that affects your business as a whole.

If the issue is for an individual member of your Staff your Corporate Membership does not provide membership benefits for individuals.

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We are able to help with procedural and/or regulatory questions but cannot give second opinions on a specific medical diagnosis by your AME, GP or other medical professional. For example, if your AME has detected a medical problem and declared you unfit subject to further investigation we may be able to provide advice on the investigation porcess but not the diagnosis. AME's are tied by strict criteria set by the CAA and are obliged to follow these criteria. For some conditions you might ask your AME to consider a Safety Pilot restriction on your medical.

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