Hello All,
I am new to the forum so please stay with me, I have tried searching the forum without gaining anymore more clarity in terms of licensing.
At the moment I am just polishing off my ATPL(H) exams in term of resits and without any work commitments complete my required flying hours and hopefully obtain my license.
Now, obviously putting work visas to one side just for the moment, it is very apparent and understandable hours/experience is one of front runners to jump out on your CV.
However due to going through the motions of an entire career change in very short space of time I need to lean on the valued experience of some of you guys to put what I believe to be plan in to some sort plain context.
Like I said hours are the key and starting at the bottom ladder is really not an issue. But my wife and I both agreed we may as well go build the hours abroad while we are at it and see the world a little.
So...... My initial thoughts, take my new shiny license build a few more hours get my FI and hop the pond to Canada (where we would like to go) and maybe instruct there or whatever it takes to build hours.
Then this lead to the thinking why not go straight to Canada do the FI there and try and look for work or maybe strike some sort of deal with the training company.
OR FI in the USA then Convert to the Canadian Equivalent OR FI in the UK get what would appear to be the Magic 1000 hour bench mark or not FI all.
As I am sure you can appreciate how all of a sudden this can get very confusing. I have looked at the CAA's the FAA's and the Canadian Aviation's website, but sometimes its just better the lisense to peoples experience.
I really this is a very long winded post and I am very grateful for people just reading it let alone responding to it for the simple questions.....
>What is the best way to go abroad, Canada, USA even Australia?
>Can I credit any of my EASA ATPL(H) exams and so on.
Like I said I am aware of the required VISA and its importance, in addition plan to spend some time driving around meeting and greeting face to face.
But need a better understanding of International licensing requirements before we can decide, That is where we will go and that's how we are going to do it!!!
Many thanks,
