Originally Posted by
pilotchute
I have just been informed that because I didnt have an FAA pilot cert of any kind when I did the 320 type ride its like it never happened.
Funnily enough Pan Am have just told me if I book in for a proficiency check they will add the type to my certificate!!
And yes Australia recognizes FAA training for type rating purposes.
thats sort of true. CASA only accepts faa type ratings depending on the sim itself, what approvals the training organization has and then what casa themselves approve etc. there’s a lot more too it than you think on that front.
im assuming the reason you didn’t do your FAA ATP license at pan am at the time was the fact you either didn’t meet FAA ATP mins or hadn’t completed the ATP-CTP course (token but expensive) and the ATP written. Otherwise you could have done your FAA ATP flight test at the same time as your A320 type ride and CASA type ride, but that’s 20/20 hindsight.