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Old 15th Apr 2008, 12:08
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portsharbourflyer
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Opatricio,

Avoid doing JAA approved training in the US. If you are going to do training in the US do FAA ratings and then convert them to JAA ratings back in the UK. Schools offering JAA approved training in the US are not necessarily bad schools it is quite often they charge a premium for the JAA approval; ie: one school I knew charged 320 dollars an hour for JAA approved multi engine training where as the FAA school next door was charging 200 dollars an hour for the equivalent FAA training.

Infact in your situation if you're considering training in the US, your best bet would be to do a FAA CPL, ME IR and CFI in the US, get a J1 visa and work in the US as an instructor for a year. Some US schools will sponsor you for a J1 visa, however only expect to earn about $10 an hour flown.
While working as an instructor you could be studying for the JAA ATPL thoery by distance learning. That way at the end of the year you could have a 1000 hours in the log book, be ready to sit the ATPL exams and then be ready to convert your ratings to JAA ratings in the UK. Your GCSE level education will be sufficient for completing the JAA theory.

Converting FAA ratings isn't necessarily cheaper than doing all modular training in the UK, but it will be alot cheaper than doing an integrated course.

If you already had good A levels then by all means go for the CTC schemes and Oxford approved schemes but for you the FAA option could see you holding a 1000 hours and JAA ratings before you hit 30.

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