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Old 10th Apr 2010, 15:44
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PNY
 
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Sure you can still get your FAA certification with Jeppesen in Denver and it will not cost you too much more than what you have already spent.

Technically none of the time doing the Jeppesen course at EK college should count towards the real FAA course in Denver, as explained above, but Jeppesen has a sweet heart deal with the Denver FSDO and they look the other way for some reason... sure would not want them to explain it the investigative agency for Congress, the U.S. Government Accounting Office (hmm, I wonder if they will read this too) someday... or The New York Times no less...anyway...

Now as a Jeppesen graduate you already know the powers to be at Jeppesen EK to write to for a request. If you get a visa with letter they email you for the embassy folks (tourist visa is easier) and have about US$1K + air ticket + hotel money they will surely take you in... you will join a class in progress and have to redo your 5th week and take the Jeppesen final exam again (out of the Gliem) and then do your flight planning practice in the 6th week of FOM2 and be scheduled for your computer knowledge testing and FAA O & P.

Also, you will NOT be out US$300 for the "REAL O & P" as the FAA Inspectors at the FAA Flight Standards District Office do not as government employees charge you a fee and, if you pass, you will walk out with a temporary certification. In about 2-3 months latter, you will receive in the mail a nice impressive credit card size document that you will also not pay a single cent for unlike the UAE GCAA which charges for just 2 years validity about US$300 (a krappy white organ donor design for UAE GCAA card), and that FAA certification you earned will be VALID FOR LIFE unless sooner surrendered, suspended or revoked. A duplicate if you loose the FAA card is only $2, not some ridiculous fee like the GCAA 2 year valid card.

At least with the FAA rating you will have something a bit more respected and versatile on an international front... it might even get you a real nice job in a place like Singapore... some countries prefer the FAA... it is better assurance that you proved yourself as having received quality training...

Any other questions folks... ask away... not everyone at Jeppesen is bad by the way... some genuinely care for you... and some of you already know who I am...

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