ICAO to EASA: Worth it
Hi guys,
I have a South African CPL with ME/IR and frozen ATPL and instructor rating.
Just moved to Austria, and would like to convert my license.
Unfortunately it seems that no-one can give a straight answer or process, but are very eager to start taking your money.
In any case, it seems that whatever you do, it will be prohibitively expensive. I cannot really justify spending about as much to convert my license that what I paid for most of my CPL training, when we need these funds to get settled in Europe etc.
Some advice would help a lot
1) Worth it? With only 350hrs, it seems like a fart in a thunderstorm. My previous history as a navigator counts for nothing it seems.
2) Anybody that recently completed this process that could give me some advice?
3) Timeframe: is it at all possible to do the exams in a shorter time than 8 months indicated?
Thanks for your inputs.