I am interested to learn a little more about the requirement to obtain an IAA FCL once you join Ryanair.
1) Are there exams and significant costs involved?
2) Is it akin to validating your UK CAA FCL or does your original licence lapse?
3) If I want to hire/fly a G-reg SEP/MEP in the UK for flying in my own time, can I do this on my new IAA FCL?
4) Is it easy to swop back to a UK FCL if you move on from Ryanair?
Many thanks for any answers.
PS: MrHorgy I can only echo your comments about getting onto Turbo-props. It does seem like a catch-22 regarding those initial hours. What's more, I have spoken with 4 Airline Captains recently - Thomas Cook, Ryanair, Singapore, Polar - and all have said an FI rating is not worth getting. In any case there are no FI jobs...
