ATP Writtens
Hello everyone,
As I mentionned in a previous post, I am *trying* to obtain my EU Passport through my mother. This may or may not go through, but if it does, I want to be prepared.
At the moment, I have over 600 hours of flight time and am doing aerial photography. I live and work in Canada. Based on our system, I can write the ATP exam (we only have 2 exams to take) when I have 750 hours total; however, it takes 1500 hours to receive the actual rating (along with some other requirements, like PIC time, instrument time, etc).
Just a couple of questions here:
1. If I want to look into working in Europe, will I need to have my ATP done beforehand? Do any companies hire low time pilots without an ATP (i.e. less than 1500 hours?).
2. Do most European airlines merely seek someone with the ATP written exams complete- or, do they want someone who actually holds the rating?
3. Is it better to first obtain my Canadian ATP and then try to convert to JAA- or, should I simply try to convert ASAP? If I were to get my passport, my concern is the financial cost of conversion. From what I have heard, it is very expensive to conver to JAA.
Thanks in advance for any help. I do not know much about how things work in Europe, so I hope some of you guys can educate me!
Chris.