Englishal: When you say it's fairly easy to convert from FAA to JAA are you considering the costs? Soon I will have a FAA ATP, and I am interested in getting a JAA ATPL, however, it will be very costly. Below is my preliminary break down of the costs, if anyone can see problems please let me know.
Ground School --
ATPL Ground School -- £1,950.00 $3,081.00
ATPL Test Fees -- £700.00 $1,106.00
IR/CPL Conversion --
15 Hours IR (in US) -- £1050.00 $1,680.00
AC for UK flight test -- £780.00 $1,232.40
170A Flight Test Fee -- £150.00 $237.00
Misc --
IR Flight Test Fee -- £578.00 $913.24
CPL Flight Test Fee -- £578.00 $913.24
MCC Multiflight -- £2,300.00 $3,634.00
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Totals -- £8086.00 $12,796.48
Over £8000 is pretty sizeable sum of money, especially when right now I am being paid in US Dollars. Plus it will easily take six months to study for the ATPL exams, and another couple months to take all the exams and flight tests. It is possible, but anyone going FAA should consider the large cost of converting to JAA.
Wiggums.