Hello dannyweaver;
My recipe as I did it:
1.: Check with JAA what countries that are fully JAA members ..
Link:
www.jaa.nl/whatisthejaa/diagram2.pdf
2.: Choose the countries you could find yourself taking the training in and that are fully JAA member ..
3.: If you wanna fly in your own country after the training is over, check with your national CAA what countries your CAA have done the
"Letter of Mutual Recognition" exchange - that exchange is a recognition that your CAA recognize the other countries JAA certificates as they are, no conversions, no limits, no problems, no nothing - because not everyone does that - don't be sure that a JAA certificate can be used en every JAA member state as they are - there is Theory and there is Practice
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4.: Contact that/those specific country(es) own national CAA that you have chosen and ask them what FTO's they have certified as JAA FTO - they can also give you the JAA-certification number each FTO has and thereby you can be sure that the specific school is certified ..
As BillieBob says, if you wanna go outside the JAA members borders, like US, the certifications on them should be included on the UK CAA list, because it is them who has certified FTO's outside JAA's own countries ..
- Good hunting
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