ATPL FAA Conversion

[scroggy]

Can anyone shed any light on the new process to convert a CASA issued ATPL to the FAA equivalent?

[pilotchute]

Good question scroggy as there is so little information out there regarding the subject!

You would have thought that Pprune would have some sort thread titled,

"ICAO and EASA conversion to FAA ATP" but obviously there isn't so good luck trying to find answers!!

:)

[Oakape]

Unless things have changed in recent years, there is no conversion from a CASA ATPL to a FAA one. The USA won't recognise the Australian licence, even though CASA will recognise theirs. The best you can get is a CPL. They also won't recognise any jet transport type ratings either.

To get the FAA ATPL you will need to do a course over there, sit the exams & pass the flight test. Any type ratings you want on the licence will have to be done again in full, at one of the training providers.

I really don't know why CASA doesn't cut them off & say no conversion of FAA licences until the FAA will recognise the CASA ones.

[Tinstaafl]

There is plenty of information on PPRuNe about obtaining an FAA ATP under the old system, but that's now history. How can PPRuNe have that information when there is, so far as anyone knows, only one organisation that is approved to do the ground training for the new requirements - and that's as part of their aviation degree course?

[mattyj]

So how about using your ATP to get a lesser FAA licence..ie CPL..I'm over there for a sim later this year, and wanted to do an ATP check during the sim..provider can do it, I can do the written test, got my ATPL verified, got my TSA approval, but now I need to do an approved ATP theory course first, but in the time I have available, I could do the written CPL test and FAA CPL check in the sim if someone in the states would reply to my emails or phone calls!?

Does anyone have experience doing it this way?

[pilotchute]

If you did the FAA written before 1 August you just need to do a flight test to be granted the FAA ATP. If you didn't then you have to do a ground course then the written then the flight test.

The two approved providers of the new ground course are ATP Flight training and Embry Riddle University.

Tinstaafl, the info is out there and not too hard to find.

[Tinstaafl]

Yay. In the last couple of weeks the number of providers has doubled!

[pilotchute]

The reason there are only 2 right now is pretty straight forward. The FAA and most flying schools included were under the impression that the airlines would roll the new ATP requirements into the training of new hires. How many schools that used to do ATP flight tests have full flight sims on site? We'll Embry Riddle and ATP are the only ones it seems due to their strong ties to regional airlines in the US.

More will come. I'm sure the likes of Pan Am and other training providers will follow suit. This will hopefully bring the price down a bit too.