Originally Posted by RITZER82
Also I have just recieved an email back from the school and I asked them if I would have to convert my licence once I eventually arrive back in UK and is there good prospects of me achieving a job with an airline equally to if I did it with Cabair in the UK , they gave me this answer;
"You could enrol your name with contact info. in the enquiry register as
being waitlisted. We provide UAE GCAA License which is internationally recognised with ICAO. We dont offer any job placements"
Now unfortunately I am not too firmilliar with these jargon words and am still in the learning phase of it can someone kindly translate that message and tell me if this would be recognised here in the UK or will I have to convert my licence into a JAA, thank you in advance.
It is all meaningless jiberish meant to sound highly impressive.
Yes, UAE is an ICAO state, but so are almost all the world's countries. So you could get a licence from any one of 189 countries like Azerbaijan, Cuba, Germany, the USA or the Democratic Republic of the Congo . . . and they are all internationally recognized by ICAO because they are all ICAO states and conform to ICAO licencing standards (ICAO Annex 1 is the standard).
However, if you go to any other country you will still need to go through the licencing conversion, including if you go back to Euro-JAA land. As far as your name being listed with employers-- once again, probably won't bring you much.
jai6638, it does not surprise me at all that they are switching to the JAA standard and away from the FAA. Many parts of the world (including in areas closer to the US like Latin America) are harmonizing their regulations and standards to model the JAA ones for a number of reasons.
PM me if you want to discuss further the reasons, as I have had them explained to me.