Each country then sets its own requirements for conversion or validation.
True, but it does not depend from which country the licence being converted is issed, therefore, to state an ICAO licence is valid; the JAA method of converting is the same no matter whether FAA, Canadian, Aussie etc.
14 ATPL exams, hours required for CPL training, min 15 hours for IR plus tests.
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Whirls