Originally Posted by
NoelEvans
As someone who has been through the entire process of resitting all the exams and redoing flight tests to gain a licence in another country (with almost identical syllabi), the advice that I can give to anyone wanting a UK CAA licence is to knuckle down, get studying and do the hard work needed for the exams and flight tests to gain that licence. If you want that job, it is worth the effort. I know, I have done so.
And it doesn't grind your gears that this is the case? Especially when you could go to EK, QR, CX, SIA (the list goes on) and just have your FAA/CAA/EASA ATPL converted with in most cases a couple of exams and the fact that you've been flying a commercial airliner around for over a specified amount of hours?
Here's the thing, I already fly a CS25 narrow-body jet all around Europe based out of the UK, on an EASA license. I already have the job. The CAA is just telling me that I can't have that job on a G-reg aircraft, without requalifying, which is frankly absurd.
Beyond that, I wouldn't have the job if it hadn't been for the fact that prices to train in many parts of Europe are significantly lower than the UK, so I have great sympathy for the aspiring pilots not lucky enough to score a fully funded scholarship who have to find alternate ways of funding their training in the frankly hostile to anyone but the very wealthy or incredibly healthy credit rating world of the UK training ecosystem.
Originally Posted by
A320 Glider
No job is worth this effort anymore. Why would I waste my time and money and resit 13 ATPL exams which are of the exact same syllabus than the EASA ones? And then they want me to sit some flight tests when I have flown an airliner for over 10 years. Money grabbing c words!
Exactly
