cheers for that. down loaded the lasors and after spending what seemed like an eternity i confirmed about 90%of what was said to me. it looks like if i get 3000hrs on type i get a validated uk/caa/jaa national licence that from my logic means i can fly G reg ac only...but if i goto say ireland i cant use that to fly EI reg, must get another validation from the IAA. (could be wrong here). as far as this 80 question conversion once you have 1500hrs on type is concerned i believe that this is an icelandic policy (possibly to do with air atlanta international guys wanting to swap for an icelandic JAA and getting on to air atlanta europe a/c) As iceland isnt in the EU and only uses jaa in conjunction with their own national licence i think this is how they get around it as once one jaa memeber (not eu state) has a jaa licence ever other jaa member has to accept it. this would seem a very smart move on their part. thing is, is this true/accurate inofrmation??? was talking to my mate and he says caa want to introduce similar scheme for guys with high hrs on type who want to come home and work..e.g cathay capts going to BA or Virgin. does anyone out there now how much of this is conjecture or plain old romour??