I think the validation period is 1 year. And since you have an FAA ATP
you can get away with a lot fewer of the JAA ATPL exams for the conversion
. If memory serves me right it should be 5 exams rather than around 14
Cheap pilots... I can understand that comment on a general basis, but fact is that NAS have had trouble getting Polsih pilots to fly for them. And this is because the Polish pilots get much better T&Cs elsewhere in JAA land, so why should they fly for NAS?
I know that NAS probably had this cheapo eastern Europe thing in mind regarding the WAW operation, but that was probably not why they started a base there. But the fact is, that they keep sending (scandi) pilots to WAW very often as they are having trouble filling the required crew slots there to keep the operation up and going, as is/was intended.
So, tes, you could probably end up based in WAW if you wanted to
