Type Rating in the States

[haselled]

What is the current situation for a UK resident and UK passport holder in obtaining a type rating on a Challenger 604 in the USA with no previous type on an aircraft of this size?

Is it a definite no, no or are there exceptions made?

[727 exec]

I think...that you'd have to go through the Department of Justice checks that are made on anybody wanting to train - either in the US or for a FAA rating in Paris.

These checks can take about two weeks for someone who has trained in the US previously. If you're doing your first one, it might be a lot, lot longer.

Both Simuflite and Flight Safety have a department that deals with obtaining the DOJ approval. Why not give them a call? I'm assuming that you're going to either one or the other...

[specialbrew]

Why not spare yourself a load of grief dealing with those yank monkies and do your 604 rating in Montreal with Bombardier?

[Mzee]

Do Bombardier do the 604 in Montreal? FlightSafety certainly don't, they do theirs in the US.