Worth of a JAA or CASA Conversion Programme?
I have a US ATP and US citizenship, 1000 hours in an E170/190 and a type rating/command time in a Shorts 360. 2700 hours total. I am looking to fly as an expat, preferably in the EU or Australia. I have the cash and time on my hands to study/take exams for a license conversion, but is it worth it? I really want to do this, I travel aborad alot, study several foreign languages (decent proficiency in German but by no means fluent) but I don't want to spend $20K on something that gives me no advantage due to my lack of an EU/Oz Passport. Is it worth it to go ahead and get a license, then apply for the right to work and live abroad? My other options are some contract flying opportunities that pay quite well and involve no $$$ for a new license, but living in the middle east or China isn't as interesting to me. Flame away, bitch, whatever, but if anyone out there has made this work then I would really like to know about it.