converting license

[chap20277]

Was considering going to South Africa to do the CPL ME/IR and was curious as to what I would have to do to fly legal in Europe ie converting licence to JAA or is the SA license accepted in Europe???

chap20277

[Whirlygig]

The SOuth African licence is not accepted in JAA land and, in order to convert, you would have to do the JAA exams and whatever flying training necessary to pass a CPL skills test so, all in all, probably not worth it if you ultimately require a JAA licence.

Cheers

Whirls

[Mikehotel152]

Yep, I'll second that advice from Whirlygig. Having said that, I heard that there's a great need for pilots in Southern Africa.

[zapoi67]

Well... you can save a lot of money, even after paying for the conversion.

Have a look here :
http://www.flightacademy.co.za/prices_ppc.htm

Another question is : is SA licence more similar to FAA or JAA ? And how does it compare to the Canadian one ?