The title of this thread is entirely misleading, because Iraq can't approve FAA licences. Period!
Bear 11........You presume correctly. Iraq is a Contracting State to the Chicago Convention (ICAO).
Therefore, to fly an Iraqi-registered aircraft you need to hold an Iraqi flight crew licence, OR you need to have a flight crew licence that's been properly issued by another Contracting State in accordance with the standards of ICAO Annex I (Personnel Licensing)
VALIDATED by the authority designated by Iraq as responsible for licensing of personnel in Iraq. The supplement to Annex I lists Iraq as a Contracting State from which no information has been received regarding differences, so Iraq
may have decided it won't validate licences issued by other Contracting States to entitle the holders to fly an Iraqi-registered aircraft.
Willie........reciprocity has absolutely nothing to do with validations. In other words, if State A decides to validate a licence from State B, there's no obligation for State B to validate a licence issued by State A.
IRAQIFAICOn........
I think as Iraq and the Untied [sic] States are members in the ICAO they should build up protocols to certify each other licenses
You have to be kidding!
There's no
STANDARD in Annex I to allow this to occur
The level of knowledge that an applicant
SHALL (= a STANDARD) demonstrate for the issue of a licence is clearly outlined in Chapter 2 of ICAO Annex I, and if the Iraqi licensing authority feels that the FAA knowledge requirements aren't sufficient for them to issue an Iraqi licence, then that's that.
Try walking into the EU system and asking for an EU ATPL on the basis of an ATPL issued by a non-EU State. Doesn't happen.
paperdragon's got it right!
