FAA CPL/IR to JAA

[Andy_20]

Hi, i am soon going to florida to obtain a FAA CPL/IR license, i live in the UK and i was wondering how you go about validating a Us license into a UK one?

Any information appreciated

[Charlie Zulu]

Hi Andy,

Exactly what I did last year, obtain an FAA CPL/IR that is.

To convert it you need to do the following:

1) Study for the 14 JAR-FCL ATPL Written Exams at an approved training organisation.
2) Pass all of those dreaded 14 JAR-FCL ATPL Exams.
3) Training as required to pass the CPL Skills Test
4) 15 Hours JAA IR course and skills test.

The above assumes you have a FAA CPL/IR Single and Multi ratings.

That'll give you a JAA CPL/IR with ATPL Subjects passed.

All of the requirements are detailed in LASORS.

I'm doing the ATPL Writtens at the moment.

Best of luck,

Charlie Zulu.

[bigbeerbelly]

Andy, DO NOT RUSH IN. Sorry to yell that, but I rushed over to the US and got all of my ratings from a prestigious university and was then planning to convert. This was pre-JAA, but in retrospect, non-the-less, it would have been wiser for me to carefully research and find a school that offers both JAA/FAA training and get all the ratings at the same time. There are several just do a google.

Good luck in training.

BBB

[Andy_20]

Thanks for the info, ive actually started to think about saving an extra £10000, and start training in the UK instead! Think it might be a better proposition, as im risking everything, and may not recieve what i set out to achieve!

Has any one else used CABAIR? Whats the training program like?