sawaya
7th Apr 2008, 11:23
hi guys here is the story i have a south African PPL 100 PIC time 203 hrs in total, Jar ATPL exams and a JAR class 1 ,i need to do me ir in spain befor the cpl is it posssible with the southafrican PPL?
Thanks
Shunter
8th Apr 2008, 06:17
Last time I checked, SA wasn't a JAA state.
With the hours you have, converting to a JAA PPL is fairly easy, but you can't start the IR course until you have one. You basically need to do the Air Law and HPL exams, get a radio license, and do the PPL skills test. You don't need to do any flying training, legally, but a couple of hours brush up on the test syllabus might be useful.
Wilton Shagpile
8th Apr 2008, 06:52
Why don't you do your CPL first? You don't need a JAA PPL to start a JAA CPL course - it just needs to be issued by an ICAO member state.
Then you can add your ME rating to your JAA CPL - saves messing about and converting your PPL.....your JAA PPL will just become obsolete as soon as you get your CPL anyway. It will save you a bit of money.
If you really need to do the ME and IR first, then yes, you will need to convert it to a JAA PPL first.