Conversion Pitfalls?

[Aerofoil]

Hi all

I have a friend who is considering doing his PPL with Debenair in Florida. Now, Debenair said that they dont do a JAA PPL course but instead would be able to train my friend on a FAA PPL course and providing he has the writtens out of the way can then do a 5 hour conversion course.
I just have two questions...
1) Does this mean that he would have to do the writtens for both the FAA and JAA PPL syllabus and ifso is there a lot of difference?
2) Are they any other pitfalls with doing his PPL in this way other than paying for the 5 hrs of conversion time?

Thanks in advance

Dave :ok:

[GusHoneybun]

If he is doing a PPL from scratch in the US, then chances are he will leave with less than 100 hours. Converting an ICAO PPL to a JAR PPL you are credited with all the flying training from the ICAO course. So, in a nutshell he must;

Have a valid ICAO PPL and medical
Hold a Class II medical minimum
Pass a Skills Test with an authorised examiner
Pass all of the ground exams.

In honesty, some training will not be a bad idea as it will prepare them for the Skills test.
Alternately, they can operate a G registered aircraft daytime VFR on an american PPL quite legally.