Originally Posted by
TinFoilhat2
Me too, I went over with an Australian CPL and valid instrument rating BUT NOT CURRENT and I had no problems and you won’t now either.
Once you have an ATP written with a CTP and you do a type rating and your checkride includes the type rating, Instrument rating and ATP licence all in one. Think of the instrument part as effectively renewing it on your ATP checkride.
I know others who were the same as me and did it this way when I did my E175 type ride with a US regional back in 2015, moved on since then. In saying that if you are not sure just renew it now to be safe.
However you should not have any problems as long as you have a. VALID M/E Instrument rating.
This is bad advice.
back in 2015/2016 most of the examiners were new to foreign license conversion ATP rides. Now they’re well versed most examiners know the FSIM’s requirement for a current IPC.