as i understood it. if i get an FAA IR And want to convert to a JAA IR then its 15hours of training MIN and that i DONT have to do the 7 exams! i read that somewhere but cant find where!
That should be the case but regretably you will have to do all the exams. What should be the case is a differences exam to cover differences between the FAA and JAA airspace but not all the exams and converting a CPL or ATP should equally be based on a differences course and not the whole exams.
But it will never happen as there are too many self interest bodies involved, too much terratorialism, burocracy, protectionism. Not much to do with flying or flight safety but coming up against a brick wall of stupid legislation and intractability.
Pace