FAA PPL based on a foreign licence, can I or can't I fly night visual?
Hello,
I'm a holder of a JAA CPL and Instruments rating. I plan to go to the USA, get the faa ppl on basis of my foreign licence, and do some night hours. My initial plan is to pass the IFP (instruments foreign pilot) and do those hours as instrument time. But there may be a chance that I have to do those hours as soon as possible, and doing them vfr would be the faster (without having to pass the IFP I mean). I have to study the ATP written and I thought the IFP would be a few questions, but I've seen it's 850 questions to study... This, plus the ATP written, plus the type rating course I'm planning to do may be too much at once.
The thing is that I've found some different information about a pilot holding a ppl based on a foreign licence, some say you can't fly night visual because it's not a rating on your initial foreign licence, and some say you can.
Could anyone give me some light about this?