Originally Posted by
Vitek
Good time of day,
Hoping someone can help me out here, Transport Canada hasn't been able to give me an answer so far for over a month, so greatly appreciate any help I can get.
So I've got a job offer on a Piaggio Avanti in Central Asia, they want to send me for training ASAP (and this was a month ago) to Italy. The facility in Italy is EASA certified.
Problem is I only have a Canadian ATPL and I would be (lucky me) the first Canadian to get my training there, so they have no clue on how to go about it and if Canada would recognize their training. They suggested I contact Transport Canada with the question, which I did (Ontario Region) over a month ago. Still no answer.
The hopefully future employer understandably would like something in writing from TC that they would accept the training in Italy before they pay around 20k USD for said training.
Has anyone had any experience getting a Type Rating or a PPC in Europe and registering it with TC? Greatly appreciate any advice or experiences anyone here had with something similar.
Thanks,
Vic
I would check two things:
A. I assume you are a EU citizen, otherwise a job offer wouldn't be on the table, so check the conversion, because there is simply no way to "just convert" you TC to EASA license, no agreement like with the FAA. I'm an EU citizen, and when I checked this option, it requires 14 (!!) written exams, 3-4 exams
must be taken at the same time, and 3 Flight Tests (one for CPL/ATPL, one for IFR and one for the Multi engine). Of course the Class 1 medical in Europe, that costs nearly a $1,000, can take couple months to be completed, and not all EU countries even offer it (I know Germany and Austria are the main ones). Of course you will also need an MCC (Multi Crew-Course) to even be able to get the type rating. You can NOT get ANY EASA rating without EASA license. At least that is what it used to be when I checked for a European position - EASA rating for EASA license only. I know the FAA allows foreigners to obtain type rating, but EASA wasn't the same - Europe is too extremely regulated when I checked it.
B. Before coming back to Canada, I strongly suggest to get Captain experience. Captain experience is nearly similar everywhere worldwide, whereas F/O jobs, from what I saw living in different countries, can differ greatly with regions.