Originally Posted by
Minh
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
Okay. I understand your situation.
I'm not an expert, you have to find out further and more accurate info, when you return to Australia.
Your CPL/IR remains perpetual, it's always valid, you don't have to do any exams again, just the multi engine IR flight test.
You say, you haven't been here 9 years, it means you have to first do ALL your medicals, it costs minimum, 1,000 bucks and can take up to
one month, to get the class 1 medical certificate, from start to finish.
You have to buy the approach plates, ERSA, AIP's, CAO's, CAR, documents and read the airspace and IFR rules, before going flying.
All documents can cost up to 1,000 bucks and you probably also need a headset.
You have to find a flight training organisation and talk to them about renewing your IR, you may need just 2 or 3 runs, OR you may need to do
the full 22 hours of flight training, about 8 runs, the 8th run would be the flight test.
It's up to the training people to decide, how much training time you need.
It costs from 500 to 600 dollars an hour to train on a Seminole or Duchess aircraft these days.
It could take a few weeks to complete all your training, or longer, as it's the holiday season soon.
Minh, you have to talk to CASA or your training organisation in Australia, on what's needed for your previous 6,000 hours to be recognized here,
you may need more documents from the Vietnam Civil Aviation Authority.
Minh, if you do get your Australian CPL/IR current again, you need to get your Australian license validated for the US, (CASA sends the FAA your license details etc),
read the thread from page 1 to last, "Australian pilots working in USA", all the info is there.
You also need a TSA clearance.
Talk to the Australian Airline Pilot Academy (Rex Airlines), at Wagga, you can find the details on the internet, they're training cadets from Vietnam.
Maybe they have some communication with the Vietnam Civil Aviation Authority.
Maybe other people can give you more direction, on what's involved.
All the best Minh, you will get there!