JAA/CAA/CASA/ICAO conversion to FAA

[spraybomber]

What is a good School to do my FAA CPL

I need advice on where is a good school in the USA, prob Florida to complete my FAA CPL. I have met all the prerequisites. I do not need the IR at this stage for what I will be doing so a Limited CPL will do.

Thanks

[spraybomber]

FAA CPL School Help

Can anyone recommend a good school for me to use to do a FAA CPL. I have a JAA PPL now and have just got FAA Medical and applied for my JAA licence verification for a FAA PPL.

Thanks

[AviatorKLGB]

Spraybomber - Angel City Flyers. Longbeach California. Great school, especially if you are ever planning to fly in Europe. They have modern equipment and they're very thorough. The best in my view although this reply might be too late!

[abby001]

Good day everyone.
From what I understood from this whole thread, when we wanna get our license evaluated to a FAA one, we go through everything a pilot starting from beginning goes through except that we already have the hours, it's just tests that we should re-do.
But my question is lets say I wanna get a FAA CPL/IR, and lets assume I pass every exam an test on the first attempt, how long should we expect to get our license from the first day of starting all the process needed?

[MarkerInbound]

The unknown will be how much studying do you need for the writtens and to get ready for the commercial checkride. There's TSA madness that I know nothing about. If you have your CAA verify your license to the FAA you can get the FAA private in an office visit. Call it an hour. If you have the FAA IR written results in hand when you get the private you'll get a private with the IR. The IR written will take a couple hours. While you're at the testing center you should do the commercial written, another couple hours. Now it gets complicated. There is a requirement for 10 hours of instrument training and 10 hours of training in ME airplanes (I'm assuming you want a commercial MEL.) And there is a requirement for 3 hours training with a FAA CFI within 2 months of the checkride. How much of the 2 ten hour blocks for training you can document out of your logbook will vary.

[FOOTE]

Hi guys,

So just to clarify, If I wanted to convert my NZ licence (CPL) to an FAA PPL all I would have to do is show up at an office in the US with a verification letter from the NZ CAA?

Any chance I can do it without being in the US?

Cheers,

Matt

[MarkerInbound]

Ah, no and no. You think this is going to be easy? We're giving away a pilot certificate for Pete's sake! And because you're Kiwi it's even better. Your CAA has a form to fill out to send to the FAA.

Airmen Certification ? Verify the Authenticity of a Foreign License, Rating, or Medical Certification

Normally you send your paperwork to the FAA and they send you a letter back saying they've confirmed your license and show up at the FAA office you picked in the next 6 months. A handful of Commonwealth countries add the extra step of having the pilot send a form to their CAA.

The form for the New Zealand CAA and the FAA form are on the last page of the above link. And there is a contact email address for the FAA

[c100driver]

Marker Inbound is correct.

The first FAA steps are easy, as is the NZ CAA.

The difficult part you have to nominate a FSDO that you do your interview with before you even know where and when so you just take a stab at what is in your area of interest. Then you have to get TSA clearance to enter the building and arrange an interview time. That takes a minimum of three weeks prior.

[FOOTE]

Thanks for clearing it up for me, I had read a previous post which said all one needs to do is show up with a verification letter which I thought was a bit strange.

Cheers,

Matt

[MarkerInbound]

The TSA only gets involved if there is training taking place. Since there is no training for a 61.75 "based on" certificate, there's no TSA. You would have to make an appointment at the FAA FSDO but that's just a phone call.

[c100driver]

It is only a phone call if you are an American Citizen. Aliens are required to provide passport and personal details a minimum of three weeks in advance for "approval" to attend the interview.

[radiant]

faa approved ground school

Hi there,
I would like to ask few question regarding licence conversion

1.i have received my airmen certification from faa

2.where can i take the written exam before i proceed with my conversion

3.anyone has idea where...contact number n bla bla


Urgent!!!!!!!

[Sloppy Link]

Conversion the other way this time, National PPL(H) required on a Annex II aircraft with no present ATO existing, cost to create one is eye watering. So, solution, obtain FAA ticket Single Engine Turbine under 12,500lbs, fly helicopter in UK, in time, convert type onto NationL PPL(H). Would that work?

[aus_aviatior]

CASA CPL - FAA ATP conversion

Hi all,
What a mine field with FAA conversion stuff is!
I am trying to find info on the best way to convert a CASA CPL to an FAA ATP.
The first step seems simple enough, fill out a few forms and the FAA will contact CASA and verify my licence, but the steps beyond that are not well publicised that I can find.
I meet all the hour requirements for an FAA ATP. I have a type rating in both an SA227 and EMB120. Could I sit the written exams and then do the check ride in a simulator of one of these types? or it is not this simple?
Can anyone recommend a ground course over there to do the theory side of things, and for that matter where I might be able to jump in a sim and do it.
Any info will be appreciated.

[MarkerInbound]

It's not that simple. In order to sit the written (there's only one) you have to complete an ATP Certificate Training Program. As of now there are only a handful of approved programs. And you can't just jump in a sim and take a checkride for a type rating. There must be a record of ground and flight training given by a FAA Instructor who signs you off for the checkride. There are only 2 active EMB-120 and 2 active SA-227 sims in the country, all run by Flight Safety. Flight Safety is also one of the ATP CTP providers and they do the course in Atlanta where one of the EMB-120 sims is located. I'd start there.

[M.I]

Converting "Expired" license

Hi gents,
I am stuck with lots of queries here , would appreciate some info and help please.
I hold a South Africa CPL ME/IR issued in 2010. Never renewed since so IR expired last month and my LPR expiring next month.
the process to go back to South Africa to renew is time and money consuming cause I need a visa to go there and where I live they issue a single entry one month visa. plus cant get much days off with my current job.
Plus I would prefer to convert to the FAA.
Checked on FAA.gov for converting a foreign airmen certificate. And it says the requirement for conversion is a valid foreign certificate.


Any ideas whether I can convert to FAA or not? Even if I have to do few exams and hours. Will my hours be taken in consideration or not?


Thanks in advance

[MarkerInbound]

The FAA does not "convert" licenses unless they are issued by Transport Canada. The FAA will issue a private certificate based on a valid foreign private or higher license. The first step in that process is a paper shuffle between your CAA and the FAA to confirm you have a valid license. I have no idea what a LPR is. At the end of next month would you be able to go fly an airplane? If yes then you have a valid license and could get a FAA private with the ratings you hold on the foreign license. If you would not be able to fly after next month then there is no valid license to base your FAA certificate on.

The FAA also allows you to use a valid foreign commercial or ATP license to skip the requirement to hold a FAA commercial certificate to apply for the ATP. Again, it has to be valid. If you can't fly on it it doesn't count.

Hours are hours. One hundred hours night PIC cross country is one hundred hours night PIC X-C. Does not matter what the registration of the aircraft was.

[whoateallthepies]

My turn!

I hold a FAA fixed-wing PPL
I have a current ICAO ATPL(H)/IR and wish to fly multi-engine, two-pilot rotary for a job in the US. Can you help me gents? (and ladies!)

What's the minimum requirement to get working there? (Visa aside!)

I understand there will be a requirement for the computer based written test?

Can I pass a check ride on a light single-engine rotary for the license and then do the type rating later?

Would this all be added to my FAA PPL?

Thanks

[zondaracer]

@Whoateallthepies :

Minimum you need a commercial certificate and class 2 medical issued by an FAA AME.
Yes
Yes
Yes
And yes

[whoateallthepies]

Thanks Zondaracer!