Converting CASA (Australian) licences to JAR....
I have just been sent an email from a British School warning:
"...If you are a British citizen and intend to eventually convert to a JAA
Licence, then you should be extremely careful about undertaking an
Australian CASA Licence, as it is not recognised by the UKCAA, and
conversion terms are very lengthy and costly. At the completion of a
CPL/IR/ Frozen ATPL course, it is likely that the UKCAA would credit you
with a PPL only, therefore requiring you to complete the entire modular
route for the issue of a JAA Licence. You should contact the UKCAA for more
information about this matter..."
This disagrees entirely with what I have heard from several pilots training in Ozzy and NZ - I think I will get more info seeking ppruners' opinions than the UKCAA, so please reply....whatever your thoughts...
Thanks.