I said simply this:
So you are still going to do a UK PPL, CPL and ATPL exams? The saving comes in the hour building phase and that the CAA will let you convert your FAA IR to a JAA one with nothing more than a flight test - yes?
How you interpreted this as smart arsed I have no idea. A simpler construction of my query I would struggle to assemble.
The medium lends itself to missunderstanding of tone Friday.
I can't see where the saving comes from. You are still going to do a UK CPL, ATPL exams and IR course as well as their Amercian counterparts. I can see you saving money on the PPL and hour building phase. But the rest of it just seems to be duplication.
Also are you sure you will be able to get visas that will allow you both to train and then to work for a couple of years building those hours?
I know a great many people who have trained for a JAA Frzn ATPL and apart from the inital PPL +100hrs nobody I ever heard of did what you are proposing.
I am not fully up to speed on the new CAA rulings recognising certain foreign IRs such as FAA. Nor am I certain about the recent changes which are allowing experienced pilots from Oz/SA/NZ etc. to come over and convert to JAA at minimal training cost.
I wondered whether these changes might be whats leading you down this path of training for FAA in pursuit of a JAA license.
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