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Old 17th November 2004 | 11:54
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AIRLEBANON
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TO DO THIS OR NOT DO THIS OR MAYBE I SHOULD DO THIS,please help me?

Dear All

I am in the process of thinking over what course i want to help me acheive y dream of becoming a Commercial Pilot with the best office in the World included, I have found the following course and I wanted to ask any of you that would recomend it or not recomend it, what would you say are the pit falls and also what wuld be The advantages of this course apart from the Fact 1500h, also Since this is a FAA course and me Being an Arab from London There is no way am getting a Job in the USA as no one is Hiring Arabs down there, so I want to come back to the UK and seek employment after my course, so what I wanted to know how long will it take for me to convert my FAA to a JAA lisence, and what would be the process, I hope someone out there will help me as I have been helped plenty from people on the Chat room and I want but a lot of things they where unable to advice me on, so please help me Many thanks in advanced.



Professional Pilot Program 1500 Hours



The total number of hours gained during this program will be 1500. The time required for the completion of the program will be approximately 24 to 28 months (this is an average of 55 hours of flight time a month!!).

The course will include:

Dual/solo flight time for a total of 1500 hours (500 Turbine Engine)
Instructor time
Classroom time
Simulator time
Books and uniform
Fuel
Renter's insurance
FAA Examiner fees
FAA Medical exam fees
The following FAA certificates and ratings: PPL, IR-A; CPL-SE/ ME; CFI; ME ATPL
Airport pick-up/drop-off
Student orientation and assistance throughout the course
Resume preparation assistance
Use of AST 300 Simulator
Immigration and Visa assistance
TOTAL COST INCLUDING 500 TURBINE TIME: $55000 / £31428*

*based at 1.75 exchange rate


The turbine time will be done on a Beechcraft Plane either an BE-99 BE-200 BE-1900.
I thank you for looking and I hope you can advice me.

Many thanks.
AIRLEBANON