EASA cpl to FAA cpl

[Huzzain]

Hello.

I have an EASA Frozen ATPL CPL License, with SE, ME, IR, MCC and radiotelephony rating. Can someone please tell me in simple terms, step by step, how to convert all of that into FAA?!!?

I want to do a B737NG type rating with ATP in Texas, but they only take FAA license holders.

Please, I was searching online but they weren't very clear. So can someone help me with this? And yes I just acquired my license too!! :ugh:

[lee_apromise]

Get your EASA CPL issuing authority to send license verification letter to FAA FSDO of your own choice. Pass CPL written and IR written and complete a checkride with a FAA DPE. Done, simple.

[MarkerInbound]

It's a bit more complicated than that. You'll have to get a FAA private certificate. One of the requirements for the FAA commercial is to hold a FAA private or be a military pilot. The FAA will issue you a 61.75 private based on your foreign commercial. Than you have to have an instructor sign you off for the writtens. You'll have to be signed off for the checkrides which means you'll have to fly with an instructor to show you're ready for the rides.

[Transsonic2000]

As already mentioned before, you need to pass the respective knowledge exams and check-rides (PPL, IFR, CPL). But may I ask, if you hold an EASA (frozen) ATPL why do you want to get an FAA TR? The majority of the airlines/operators require you to have some time on Type, usually around 500 hr. Assuming you're a Non-US-Citzen (meaning without the legal right to live and work in the States) no US airline/operator will hire you. So what's the use of an FAA TR, since it can't be transfered on your EASA license. As an EU-Citizen I'd be looking into the so called "Line-Training" where you get your TR and basically pay to fly as an FO for a certain amount of hours.

[...still single]

You don't need an FAA CPL.

Just get the FAA Private (based on foreign license) and put the type rating on that.

[MartinCh]

Assuming you want it for job in Asia/ME/Africa, can the local CAA definitely process validation/paperwork conversion with TR NOT on your commercial?

The FAA piggyback does allow adding FAA IR, multi and FAA TRs, but if you get caught out in admin-mess, it'd be of limited use.

OTOH, considering your experience/hours of training, why not go for the FAA commercial/multi IR? IR won't expire, easier to maintain outside Europe, great for N-reg wherever. If you logged some training hours as dual after getting Euro PPL, that can be classified as FAA manipulating controls PIC if you go through records, or whichever requirements. Granted, you'd possibly be looking at 'initial single engine comm' and then adding twin IR privileges after flight test (possibly sim, need to check regs).

Either way, do get everything in writing, your intended training, licence/TRs held and to be held, then see if viable with CAA and prospective employer. Euro airliner TR is different story to FAA's simulator only and if you don't do the sim at EASA approved facility in US, you'd not possibly be able to transfer even that subject to the T&Gs on actual aircraft.

[Transsonic2000]

Well, I think the thread starter is mainly interested in adding a TR on his (EASA) license, see the following quote (or scroll all the way up to his initial post):

I want to do a B737NG type rating with ATP in Texas, but they only take FAA license holders.

[Lucky Charms]

Check around. Some flt schools in the US give type rides for EU/EASA certificates. I think Simuflite is one, but don't think they have a 737 sim. Just ask around, someone should be able to tell you who can do it.