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Old 24th March 2003 | 14:24
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Tinstaafl
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From: Escapee from Ultima Thule
I converted from an Oz ATPL to a US ATP-MEL about 6 years ago.

Bearing in mind I met all the experience requirements the process involved:

* Class 1 medical

* Pass the ATP theory exam. I used the Gliem & ASA ATP prep books. Took a week of (very) part time study + a few days concentrated once I was at the flight school I used.

* Sufficient flying to be familiar enough with the system to pass a flight test.

Note: The amount of training required is zero. I chose to have a few hours to allow for it being a foreign system to me.

* An ATP flight test.


All up it took less than two weeks, including for holiday time & a retest. Dopey me had a brain fade & misunderstood US ATC common practices in the flight test & had to repeat an item.

Even with a test item to repeat I can say I found it all quite easy.

At the time I had a couple of thousand hours & had been teaching Oz CPL, IR, multi & instructor stuff + air taxi etc.

Hope this gives you some comparison
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