Elvis may have left, but Shakin' Stevens feels like rocking out a little longer.
Seaweed - I really hope you will find me someone who has a JAA CPL/IR, done in minimum hours and for 'significantly below the 20 grand mark'. I've tried round my contacts who have trained in the U.S - not one of them did.
Is that really it?
Your entire reason for trying to debunk this thread hinges on the fact that it is not possible to convert in the minimum time. Yet, the reason you have finally given is that you dont know anyone who did it?
Do you know anyone who trained in the US for the specific purpose of returning to convert?
The simple fact is; if it is possible to complete the JAA IR, or CPL for that matter in the UK without exceeding the minimum times (Which it is), then it is possible to train to the same sylabus in the states, return to the UK, complete an additional 15 hours of training and pass the IR checkride.
How can you deny this?
Please, if you reply, tell everybody what it is
specifically, that is going to prevent a person who has completed the FAA training plus 15 hours of the JAA training from passing the Checkride.
I ask only that you back up the statements you have made with some logical reasoning.