Peter,
When doing your training in the US, there's no such thing as a FAA fATPL, but instead you will hold a FAA CPL ME IR.
Conversion costs largely depend on the country you want to do the conversion in.
Examples: (and I found that out by calling multiple aviation authorities, because various member states make JAR-FCL look like a book full of jokes!)
- The UK
I assume most people do their conversion there, you need:
UK ATPL theory credits plus what is specified in LASORS (i.e. 15hrs for IR, etc..)
- Greece
Again you need ATPL theory credits, but from
ANY JAR member state, plus the retraining, same requirements as in the Uk.
- Switzerland
You'd need Swiss ATPL theory credits, but
no retraining at all!!! Only have to pass the skill tests!
- Austria (just to make it more hilarious)
You need at least 700 hrs TT to do a conversion
AT ALL!!!!!!!
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Now someone tell me these JAR-FCLs are not a total joke?
Switzerland seems to be the best option I found so far, though. Gotta call Portugal next
