Originally Posted by SASless
Good news for those heading to the USA to do their training....if the new immigration law passes....all you have to do is stay here and find a job. Prove you pay US taxes, learn to speak "English", and you too can become a US citizen after six years of being a formerly "illegal" immigrant.
Funny how one can go from being a "felon" to being a legal illegal overnight by a stroke of the pen.
Hi SASless. Can you tell me where/if I can find some more info about this?
And about the JAA and exams. I guess the people that haven't jumped through the hoops to get theyr licenses yet might seem a little whining.
But I wonder how many of the JAA pilots on this forum, has sat the 650 hours of ground, and taken 14 exams in 2 weeks.
Most JAA pilots today got theyr ICAO license converted when the countrie joined JAA.. Or am I mistaken here?
I whine about the conversion part, but not only because its alot of work. Mostly because I know I can't afford it.
I will have no flying in 6 months, depending if I take ATPL distance or in classroom. I will have no income, have to pay for living, the course, fees etc.
And finally , some say I need between 5-15 hours in the R-22 to get my JAA CPL-checkride. This is going to cost me around 13.000$ total.
And I will now have a JAA CPL, and what do most of the companies in Europe require? Yes, the IR rating.. But what the hell, after spending 13.000$, I might as well throw in only 23.000$ more since I already have the FAA IR.
I think the whole conversion part is to expensive, and time demanding if you dont have a ICAO ATPL. I might be one of the whiners some of you are refering to, but I dont have endless pockest, and I am not best friend with the bank manager.
But what the h... I have reach my life dream witch was to fly helicopters, I just hope I can find a way to stay in the US.
