I was told by every flight school I have contacted so far that I need to convert my UK PPL to a Canadian one; maybe a money-making scheme? The FLVC conversion is valid for a year, so if I get my CPL in that time, I'm assuming I wouldn’t need to worry about converting to a TC PPL as I have a superior licence? Would I be allowed to commence training in Canada for the CPL and MEIR (maybe also the instructor rating) with just the FLVC conversion? Would every hour from my UK PPL count using the FLVC? Also, do jobs in Canada require an initial TC PPL, or as long as the CPL and other ratings are Canadian?
Regarding the hour building, would the 30 hours in the CPL course count towards PIC time, as I currently have about 10 hours PIC from my PPL, so my thinking was to do hour building for 60 hours, then add the 30 from the CPL, giving me a total of 100 hours PIC by the time of applying for the CPL licence? Also, would PIC time from hour building in USA count towards this?
Yeah with the PGWP, I would plan to do the CPL and MEIR full-time, so if this takes 8 months to complete (which is why I might need to do an instructor rating to make sure the training is 8 months), I'm assuming I would get a PGWP for 1 year, which eventually would allow me to apply for permanent residence after working for that long, assuming I find a job? Can the PGWP be renewed?
I thought there was a 1500 hour requirement to apply to the airlines, maybe I have misunderstood? Adding up my current hours from my PPL and the minimums listed for the CPL and MEIR, I would have just over 250 hours, hence why I didn't say 200. I know I can apply for jobs in smaller aircraft with around a 250 hour CPL MEIR, but these are little to none, so getting an instructor rating would help increase my hours to eventually get to the airlines, which now you're saying isn't 1500?
Thanks once again - this insight is invaluable