Are u.s float ratings accepted in canada
 

Hi I am new this forum and I thought I would ask???

Has any one with a Canadian CPL done any float training in the United States and was it valid in Canada.? ,
Did Transport canada add the endorsment to your lic or was more traing required back in Canada to validate?
Please any information will help.
Thank you
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Its a few years since I trained float pilots but I do remember that some turned up with US ratings never having soloed the aircraft,{ I dont see a problem with this given the huge insurance costs to solo students} how ever TC wanted five solo landings to validate the float rating.

Float
 

It will not be accepted at face value as there is indeed a solo requirement in Canada which is not provided in the USA. Just get it done in Canada, it will save time, heartache and money.

Get it done in Canada.
A US seaplane rating WILL NOT be validated. As the others have said there is a solo requirement here in Canada. I have had students come with a US endorsement and then need to do the solo requirement.
You then spend more money getting checked out by a Canadian instructor before he will sign you off. No one is going to just kick you loose for the 5 take-off and landings if they have never flown with you. As an instructor I need to know that you have the skills required to receive the rating. Unless I can see those skills it would not be logical for me to sign you off and send you off in the companies plane.
So yes the states can be cheaper in the short run but once you come back it will cost you even more in the long run.

+1 for everything said already. Actually I did usa training and canada training and both were good but different. As for getting the rating on a tc licence the easiest option by far is just to do the rating in canada. If you have a tc cpl already its a no brainer. Strictly speaking, as the op said, its an endorsement not a rating ie a signoff to add priviledges to an existing licence. In the faa world its a different class rating, ie sngle engine sea vs single engine land.There are conversion routes but they are way more complicated than just doing it in canada if you already hold a tc licence unless of course you can find a tc instructor/examiner who can sign you off in the usa if you really couldnt travel to canada. The solo to + landings have been subject to firm scrutiny by tc in the past and I doubt you will find anyone to permit you to do those in the usa easily so even if you got through the faa route youll be going to a canadian float school for those anyway.

Thank you for your info
 

I just wanted to say thank you for your responses they were very helpful with my search for information. thanks again :ok:

So I have

easa ppl
faa cpl ir asel and ases.

I understand the solo requirement so I would need to get that done. But I preume that I also need to get my license validated or ... ? What does that process look like?

Also .. are there any nice tours where you go from lodge to lodge....?

Ellemeet - assume you are enquiring about canadian touring here - if so you actually have a few choices. I can't speak with authority for all of them and it really depends on what you want out of it but here are some pointers

FLVC - one year validation of your foreign licence - can't add any ratings
LTPL - short term licence - based on valid foreign licence/medical - can add ratings, but only get one 3 month LTPL per year - this can be a good choice for doing your float rating on holiday. The rating stays in the system so if you were to get a based on or proper canadian licence later you'd have the ases rating on your new licence. I did LTPL then got a 'based on'.
'based on' licence - I have one of these now based on my uk licence and after taking private checkride can become full canadian licence. This is canadian equivalent of 61.75 - can't remember if an icao medical works for this or if must be canadian
reciprocal licence, think it has to be canadian
Canadian licence - you can be given a canadian licence if you have an faa one but iirc you then need a canadian medical. Think this is a one shot process.

Start here - Foreign Applicants - Transport Canada by looking at the foreign licence validation section.

For sure there can be problems if you do not have the five solo takeoff's and landings that TC requires.

The five takeoff's and landings have to be the most stupid requirement one could come up with.......but you are dealing with TC so stupid is the norm.