Ich würde solche Gerüchte generell mit etwas Skepsis betrachten. Soweit ich weiss, kommen diese aus der angehängten Publikation (IAOPA Meeting) aus dem Jahre 2005, sollte aber jemand genauere Infos haben bitte hier posten.
Laut derzeitiger Regelung muss man z.B. auch EU Steuern (bzw. halt nationale MwSt) fuer N-registrierte Helicopter bezahlen, wenn diese mehr als 183 Tage in Europa sind (= dort stationiert sind). Mit Ummelden hat das aber nichts zu tun.
Im Anhang wird unter anderem folgendes geschrieben (Seite 3 blauer Kasten):
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IAOPA’s proposal for a PPL instrument rating that would boost safety by allowing more pilots to fly IFR has been endorsed by each of the individual AOPAs in Europe. The plan envisages a two-tier IR, the second level of which would allow IFR in all classes of airspace below 10,000 feet. Modelled on the UK IMC rating, it would be slightly more difficult to get, and in some ways might usefully be equated with the FAA instrument rating on which countless American pilots fly on airways in European airspace. AOPAs across Europe have had informal discussions with the GA industry in their countries and have found a high level of enthusiasm for a new rating. Dr Michael Erb, managing director of AOPA Germany, said flying schools in Germany believed the rating might revitalise instrument training across Europe. AOPA UK director Pam Campbell, who is formulating the framework of the proposed rating at the request of the JAA’s Licensing Sectorial Team, says: “Only around one percent of European PPLs go on to get an IR, which is not surprising as it requires for them to give up perhaps six months of their lives to study, and most just don’t have the time. “Instead, they prefer to spend two or three weeks in the United States and pass a single exam to obtain an FAA IR, which gives them exactly the same privileges of a JAA IR if they’re flying an N-registered aircraft on airways in Europe. “Although enthusiasm for the IAOPA proposal is not universal, it is viewed with sympathy by some European regulators, partly because I believe that ultimately Europe wants N-registered aircraft out.” Martin Robinson added that there were some 1,000 N-registered aircraft operating from the UK, and the three main reason were the less onerous IR, less stringent medical standards in some areas, and less pernickety maintenance regulations for some aircraft. “In the US, any aircraft that’s been in the country for six months must go on the N register,” he says. “Whether we like it or not, the day will come when they stop Nregistered aircraft operating in Europe the way they do today, and this instrument rating will be essential to help plug the gap that will open up.”
Übrigens, jeder N-registrierte Helicopter muss auch im Besitze eines US Staatsbürgers sein. Selbst wenn dieser im Besitze einer US Firma ist, muss diese Firma zu mindestens 2/3 von US Staatsbürgern kontrolliert werden, und einen US Geschäftsführer haben (siehe FAA corporate citizenship requirements).
