Originally Posted by
Seagull201
Minh,
I read your thread in the North American section, it looks like, you have been accepted by a regional in the U.S,
and the validity of your instrument rating is about to expire, during your training period.
Am i correct?
My question to you, why did you go to the U.S , if you are your Instrument rating is about to expire?
The U.S regional's have previously advertised, if i'm correct, a person's Instrument Rating from Australia, must be current,
at least by 6 months, before commencing the type rating course with an a regional airline.
I'm sure, you knew that.
Now your Rating is about to expire, i think you are well aware of these issues before commencing your training in the U.S.
Now what?
You either can pass the instrument rating test, after a few IFR short runs or you can't?
Why don't you contact your previous flying school or affiliate, prior to travelling to the u.s?
At one stage, i didn't fly for 5 years and got back into flying, i renewed my Instrument rating after 3 runs, 6 hours.
I'm sure you can do it also.
There's no short course, either, you know how to fly IFR or you don't.
Cheers.
You maybe dont understand my situation. It is a long story to tell. I have 2 licenses including the Australian license and a Vietnamese license. I got my Australian license in 2009 and then came back to Vietnam where I got most of my airlines experience ( I had 6000h in ATR72, B777 and B787 as FO). I havent come back to Australia since 2009.
I came to U.S last year for pemanent residence and had a struggling time to decide whether to continue my flying career or to go back to college ( I started my career when I was 19 so I didnt have a 4-year degree). At the time I made my decision, all licenses’s ratings expired. I got hired by a regional air and went for an ATP type rating course provided by them. For some reasons they didnt check the currency of my ratings and later told me in the middle of my training course.
Now talk about my Vietnamese license with a full B787 TR/IR. I could have it renewed but to accept the fact that my Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam wont do any validation for pilots who are NOT belonged to any Vietnamese Airlines. I got triggered by that and in the end I have to use my Australian license to do the FAA conversion.
I appreciate any help for my situation anyways. Cheers