im kinda in the same boat. ive found a great school in the states for a good price and that you can get your JAA fATPL in 10 months. But want to really know if i do my training in SA what am i getting myself into what is true and what is not
Im originally from south africa and hold european citizenship and was thinking maybe do my training in SA to be close to my folks than in the states and then once done with training in SA convert my license to JAA. im trying to find reasons to go to south africa and train but cant find any and heres why so hope you can help me and tell me whats correct and whats absolute
I've heard the same thing that the training in in south africa is not up to par with most countries but dont believe everything you hear, as I've had a few friends do their training in south africa and they say its just as good as anywhere else in the world. just thing that worries me is the SACAA license fair enough license is a license and if you work any where else you'll need to convert but not necessarily with a JAA.plus i dont really plan on working in SA.
people have told me that JAA opens up more doors as it is highly recognized and it saves time and money having to convert all the time when working for different companies in different parts of the world to their licenses if you held lets say a SACAA
Thing is i did research on what companies around the world are asking for when applying and a lot are asking for JAA even none JAA countries they looking for pilots with their national licensed authority from their country and along side are looking for foreign pilots who hold JAA.
Looking into converting a SACAA to JAA it sounds to me that you have to take the all exams again.
Then I've heard and also read about other licenses if you are a european citizen you dont have to take all exams just 3 exams met and cant remember the other 2
as i said dont believe everything that you hear but im just saying these things to find out whether someone on here can give the right answer.
so quick recap
-SACAA license holder needs to convert to other licenses all the time when applying to companies in different countries because not recognized, costing money and time
SACAA converting to JAA need to take all exams if none european citizen. costing more money
(other story i read SA citizen has a FAACPL license wanted to convert o SACAA but had to do all exams again because he was not US citizen. if he was he would only have to do 3 exams) correct me please if im wrong.
-JAA license holder saves time and money because recognized all over the world and are asked for when applying, with national licenses of that country along side
You could say "you have just answered your question clinton"seems like you hung on doing the JAA. im not I'm open for anything I'm just looking at the various options so that i know that which ever direction i go is going to save me money (not having to convert all the time),time not having to do exams all over again, not having to convert) and opens more doors.
i think its more beneficial having a JAA license than a SACAA but any advice to shed some light on this and correct me would be great.
Thanks for your time and advice.
safe flying
