FAA CPL to DGCA. HELP!!!

[FltSftygrad]

Hi,
I need any info I can get regarding the DGCA requirements for conversions. I have not got one straight answer and am frustrated with conflicting info.
1. I have an FAA CPL and was looking into converting to the Indian CPL. I was born and brought up in India but am a U.S citizen....Is that gonna be a big issue. I mean I am working on a PIO.
2.I have the math requirement but did commerce in yr 12. Is there any way around this? Can I do the physics now here in the U.S? what are my options if any?
3.Any resources I can use to prep for the writtens? The RT exams?
4.Are the checks done on the single engine? and what are you tested for?

Hope someone can give me some insight into this process. I would greatly appreciate any help with it.Hope to hear soon. THanks

[shuchim]

straight answer is why u want to convert there r no jobs left in india there r lots of pilot u will get outside airport those r putting there resume at hr office till u dont have jet engine expireance of 500 hr atleast u cant get a job ...bye

[FltSftygrad]

Either way, I'd still like to know....thanks

[picollo]

www.dgca.nic.in

look for the conversion flow chart

[Aero Fan]

FltSftygrad,
Conflicting info on conversions is the first step in "this process". Important to keep at it.Send me a PM.. might be able to help with a couple of things.
Cheers.

[haree]

Dear FltSftygrad

Losers have excuses! There are a few jobs left out in Airlines and GA. You can get ur OCI card convert and still try your luck else you have a US Citizen and enough jobs on offer at the starting end of the career chain.

As for physics you can get it from USA , get a equivalence certificate from the Assoc of indian universities.


Haree

[lastdon]

Losers have excuses!

Agree with you haree.

As far as conversion:

I GOOGLED and:
DesiPilot
24th August 2006, 09:43
Zero and HP,

A friend of mine who is a US citizen is working with Air Deccan on the basis of his OCI card. Now, he has already converted his licence to Indian licence before he took US citizenship, so I am not sure how DGCA will react to your case. His airline in general had no problem hiring him on his OCI card.

[FltSftygrad]

Thank you guys . I appreciate any feedback on this. I had forgotten how different the FAA is from the DGCA as far as how much simpler and easier it is to get things done here.

Any feedback on the books that I can use to prep for the exams?

[lastdon]

Dont want to dampen your spirits: But here are the recommended books from DGCA web: :}

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS FOR PILOT LICENCE
AIR REGULATION
1) AIP India - DGCA
2) AIRCRAFT MANUAL, India - Govt. of India
3) Aeronautical Information Circulars - DGCA
4) ICAO Publications
5) Notices to Airmen - DGCA
6) Doc 4444
7) ICAO Annex 2
8) ICAO Annex 14
AIR NAVIGATION
1) Ground Study for Pilots - Tylor and Parmar
2) The complete flight planning - Worthington
3) Complete Air Navigation - Bennet
4) Air Navigation Theory and Practice - William and Branch
5) A.P. 1234 (Vol. I) - Air Ministry, UK
6) Air Almanac - CAP 1602
7) From the Ground up - Sandy A.F. Mac Donald
8) America Flight Navigation - John Dohm
9) Principles of Air Navigation - Anderson
10) Applied D. R. Navigation and Flight Planning - J. Clough Smith
11) Radio Aids to Navigation - Smith
12) Radio Aids to Navigation - Grover
13) All Weather Flight Manual - FAA, USA
14) Any other book of elementary air navigation.
AVIATION METEOROLOGY
1) Meteorological Handbook for Pilots and Navigators - HMSO.
2) Meteorology for pilots - Manual No. 25 - USA
3) Meteorology for Pilots - Mudge.
4) Meteorology for Pilots - McGraw Hill
5) Weather - R. S. Scorer
6) Meteorology for Aviators - Sutcliff
7) Elementary Note on Indian Climatology - India Met Dept.
8) Handbook of Aviation Meteorology - HMSO
9) Meteorology for Airmen - Parts I & II Met. Department
10) Climatalogical Atlas for Airmen - India Met. Department.
11) Meteorological Glossary - HMSO
12) Weather Study - Brunt
13) The Weather Map - HMSO
14) Ground Study for Pilots - Taylor and Parmar
AIRCRAFT AND ENGINES
1) Flight without formula - Kermode
2) Aero Engines for Students - Allen and Unwin
3) Gas Turbine and Jet Propulsion - Smith
4) Makers Handbook for Type
5) Flight Manual for the Type
6) Pilot's Note on the Type
7) Handbook of Aeronautics - Royal Aeronautical Society
8) Civil Aviation Requirements
9) Aircraft Powerplant Handbook - Manual No. 100 - USA
10) Principles of Flight - Bert A. Shield
11) Performance of Civil aircraft - Barker
12) From the Ground Up - Sandy A. F. MacDonald
13) Manual of Flying (AP 129) - Air Ministry, UK

Hmmmmm if i was you.......i probably would join some ground school with a reputed institute. (JUST MY 2 CENTS :oh:).

[bad_attitude]

hey c'mon, don't get scared, it's not that hard ... thousands of hopeful's sit each year and a couple of them do manage to clear all the papers in one shot! :ugh::ugh::ugh::{:{:{:=:=:=

[FltSftygrad]

Thanks.....nothing comes easy ,so, this won't be a first....:ok:
Appreciate all the feedback. Any faa cpl holders here?

[captchopper]

Hi all, I have a FAA CHPL and have appeared for conversion exams with DGCA. Can some one please tell me wat all documents need to be submitted at the time of applying for the license??? This 'verification Letter' that they say, is it issued by the FAA?? Whats the procedure like. Thanks.

[bad_attitude]

hi, you can get the verification here ...

Airmen Online Services (http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/airmen_services/)

[bad_attitude]

self sponsored type rating = ouch! :ugh::ugh::ugh:

[ayush konisetty]

is it that bad to get a self sponsered type rating:sad:? please give some reasons why i shouldn't be funding my own type rating..

[av8r76]

Oh come on bad attitude, why the cryptic reply... please enlighten our friend to the land of milk and honey that awaits him after his self sponsored TR.:}:}

[ayush konisetty]

yeah please shed some light on this type rating procedures and why i sholudn't be sponsering my own tr because iam desperate to get to the "land of milk and honey":ok:

[Challenger05]

Milk and honey !!!!

:ugh:

Its more like cows and bees!!!!

:ok:

[IndAir967]

Its more like cows and bees!!!!

http://static.pprune.org/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

What abt those short red skirts ?:*

[ayush konisetty]

sounds like you guys should have been farmers:O

[IndAir967]

sounds like you guys should have been farmershttp://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/embarass.gif


mate its becoz its called
Vyivasayak Vimanchalik Laeesenze

means either you fly or becom an farmer..:}

[siddhanta_alc]

hey guys/girls. m siddhanta. a chopper trainee.
well , my training is supposed to start by 05/06/2010.
i needed some guidance regarding lisencing n stuff.
my training is in US.
m goin through a loan procedure.
would it be convinient to get PPL ,come back, give DGCA n thn b bck for CHPL?
orelse
complete the CHPL n then convert it as accordance to DGCA?

N
how do i go about RT?
please guide me thru..
thanks