Converting FAA CFII and CFIA to JAA/EASA license

[oroca]

Can anyone give advice on the process of converting an FAA CFII and CFIA to a JAA/EASA license in the UK?

[BHenderson]

FAA CFI to JAR FI requires 15 hours flight time with 30 hours ground.

[Whopity]

The above assumes that you already have a JAA licence on which to place the rating and also requires that you pass a FI test with a FIE. To add the Instrument Instructor you will need a JAA IR, another 5 hours flying plus 10 hours groundschool and a test to add the IRI rating, and the same again to add ME privileges.

[oroca]

Blimey, so what does it take to get the basic JAA license you mentioned earlier to base the CFI rating on?
Not sure if this helps but I still have an expired German license from a conversion I did over 10 years ago while in Germany (This was before JAA licenses...)

[BigGrecian]

One of your instructors had a similar thing and ended up doing all the 14 ATPL exams an exemption to the training requirements and just the flight tests for the CPL / IR.

Still a lot of money though.

[Whopity]

See if the Germans will convert their old licence.