Originally Posted by
MrAverage
Plus here for converting your instructor's rating.
https://www.caa.co.uk/Commercial-ind...s-to-Part-FCL/
And here for converting your IR.
https://www.caa.co.uk/Commercial-ind...rument-rating/
A few thoughts (I have CPL/IR both in the US and UK, as well as a UK Instructor's rating).
- CPL syllabus is remarkably different in the UK and USA. You won't in the UK find the arcane "Commercial Manoeuvres" in the FAA CPL Checkride, but you will find a much higher standard of precision ded-reckoning navigation
- IR syllabus is virtually same, with a few differences between the checkride and skilltest (latter is the UK and European terminology). UK skill test doesn't include the circling approach or the approach on partial panel, but does include recovery from unusual attitudes on partial panel.
- You will find a greater concentration to pass the UK FI skill test on the individual PPL exercises than you are used to, otherwise pretty similar.
- Look forward to studying a LOT of air law that'll look very different to FAA air law, also airspace, met information and the like all work rather differently in the UK to the USA.
- Bad news - UK licences include a lot more written exams than in the USA. Good news, there's no checkride oral.
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