Obtaining FAA ATP from UK Based EASA ATPL
 

I would be interested in getting an FAA licence from my EASA ATPL. Any suggestions where to start? I have done all my training inc LPC etc with flightsafety here in the UK.

Currently have two Biz Jet Types on there, next LPC will be with FSI in August. Is it worth combining the check with an FAA licence issue?

All info much appreciated, thanks

Also adding the type ratings to the license is not going to be easy, without a full recurrent, or an abbreviated initial.

JliderPilot,

The rules changed back last August, so no longer can the easy route be completed.

Now you have to the attend the CTP course 30hrs ground school and 10hrs SIM (signed off by an appropriate school) before you can take the written.

If you completed the written before August last year, but haven't done the practical part, then it can still be done, but you'll need to seriously chase the licence verification with the FAA and CAA, plus get a move on for the TSA approval.

I suggest you read the latest FAR/AIM and speak to your FSI rep to see what can now be done, as the easiest time to do the checkride is on Recurrent on a MP type.

Wallace

Thanks for the advice chaps. Will let you know how I get on. JP

If you fly every year on a simulator with MTOW over 40.000 Lbs and have an EASA ATPL do you still have to do the 10 hours of sim or is there any excemption for this?

SonofaBeech,

No exemptions. It all changed last August. It became a mandatory part.

Google ATP CTP to find the course providers and follow the path mentioned in earlier posts.

PM me if you need any assistance.

BWs,

Wallace

Am also going through the process of gaining my FAA ATP, whilst already holding a UK ATPL. Have completed the TSA checks, CTP, ground school and sims and rocked up yesterday to do the oral exam. The examiner wasn’t happy with the way my logbook was set out, as there’s no separate column for Cross Country flights, nor one for Instrument flight completed in instrument conditions, as opposed to IFR. Given that pretty much all of my flying in the last 10 years has been cross country, mainly cross continent in fact, and all night flying is deemed to take place with reference to instruments, I’m perplexed! Someone only needs to look at the individual flight details in my logbook to see I have well in excess of their minimum requirements. UK CAA wouldn’t have validated my licence otherwise! Does anyone on here have any advice/ been in this situation themselves?

Did the examiner accept you logbook or not? Too many f@cking w@nkers around that roll with the legal argument. Sad bunch really. I hope you´ll get it sorted after you get past the clowns.

plain jane Surely holding a foreign ATPL, and with flights logged according to that jurisdiction, they should only check totals.

The FAA will have already accepted the license validation…

Examiner didn’t ask to see my logbook, accepted that the numbers on the 8710 were “above minimums”.

Was this for MEL only, or with a type rating?