Originally Posted by
PilotViking
Hello. I am considering the option of converting my EASA ATPL to a FAA ATP.
I have about 1650 hours and sadly my company has gone in to administration so looking in to all possibilities.
I have an American spouse so green card etc should not be an issue.
I have a vague idea of all the steps involved
FAA Medical (Currently have a class 3 from flight training)
TSA
Send over documents to FAA
Exams
Skills test
Does anyone have any experience with this and more importantly the cost of this?
Appreciate any feedback.
It’s not too difficult to convert your EASA ATP to an FAA ATP. The main steps are:
Foreign license verification
ATP CTP course (5K)
ATP written test
ATP checkride
The question here is, if you can find a Regional that is willing to do the conversion for you. There are some Regionals that pay for the ATP CTP course as a bonus and then you can combine the ATP checkride with your type rating check on company costs. This whole process will cost you only very little money if at all. But I think to convert your license on your own dime doesn’t make too much sense since your overall TT and experience is too low to get hired at anything else than a Regional. Legacies and LCC/ Majors will not look at you. You might be able to get into some cargo or ACMI companies though. To get the Greencard takes usually at least six months. All the best and sorry to hear about your company. Were you with Flybe?