Originally Posted by
Newhairdo
Actually it is not. You could be operating said aircraft in a totally different environment. For example, operating an A320 in Europe with almost total radar coverage and in controlled airspace is completely different to operating the A320 in Australia with CTAFs, operating in the open FIR (not in controlled airspace), extreme weather variations on any given day, or operating the same aircraft in Asia.
If you are going to base yourself with a local carrier based overseas from where you are, then it’s essential to at least sit a series of conversion exams and a skills test. Maybe not the full 15 exams, but enough to make you competent in your new area of operation
Thats what the OMC is for. It covers ITCZ , icing, local winds etc. Ultimately anyone operating a big jet IFR globally should have broadly the same knowledge and experience. They certainly can't be expected to hold a licence for every country they operate to but for some reason we tie them to a specific registration and expect them to get a new licence to switch registrations even if they're operating to exactly the same places. A wing is a wing, a cloud is a cloud, bernoulli works the same everywhere. Air law or some kind of AIP exam should be the global standard for conversion between ATPLs.