Instructing at a foreign JAA school

[tonker]

Dear all

With the weather outside all murky and duff, thoughts start to wonder about the greeness of grasses on the other side of the pond.

Having flown a couple of times around the Florida area a few years ago i was impressed with how busy some of the schools were, flat out in some cases.

Add a recent Daily Telegraph report "Big Boys Toys" about more people attaining a PPL instead of fast cars etc, i am curious to know how busy some schools really are? Has the Visa restrictions etc been any hinderence or made any impact.

Has any comeback from 9/11 given South African schools a boost?

Would appreciate any feedback

Regards Tonker

ps so much for high pressure !!!:*

[EL SID]

Certainly the SA training market has seen a boost, but mainly due to the Visa situation in US. To go to do a PPL in SA it's just a case of going in on a tourist visa (available on arrival to EU passport holders and is valid for 3 months). Also the SA training is just about completely JAR compliant so the conversion of the license is relatively straight forward in terms of the similarity of training to the JAR one.
As for working in either the SA or the US as an Instructor - the problem is the work permit/green card. So usually a non-starter for most of us!