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Flying opportunities
Hi there.
Just a quick enquiry regarding general aviation in Australia. I am thinking of emigrating there from Ireland sometime during the next year. I finished an FAA Commercial/Multi/IR in California in 2010 but haven't flown since then. If I went back and got recurrent before heading out there, what is the general state of GA for a low timer at this time?
Would it be realistically possible to eventually find work as an instructor if I do an instructor rating after the conversion process? I know it's a big country and everything is region specific but I'm really just trying to get a basic idea of the playing field without spending too much too soon as my budget is very limited. Obviously I wouldn't be going there without any other options but I miss flying very much and would be interested in any opportunities that may arise and would want to be current if they did.
Many thanks
Just a quick enquiry regarding general aviation in Australia. I am thinking of emigrating there from Ireland sometime during the next year. I finished an FAA Commercial/Multi/IR in California in 2010 but haven't flown since then. If I went back and got recurrent before heading out there, what is the general state of GA for a low timer at this time?
Would it be realistically possible to eventually find work as an instructor if I do an instructor rating after the conversion process? I know it's a big country and everything is region specific but I'm really just trying to get a basic idea of the playing field without spending too much too soon as my budget is very limited. Obviously I wouldn't be going there without any other options but I miss flying very much and would be interested in any opportunities that may arise and would want to be current if they did.
Many thanks
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From what I have seen from several guys that come out from the UK, that they have had to do a bit of work to convert to aus licences.
If money is a bit tight, i'd be tempted to leave recurrency until you got out here. Failing that, if the habit is eating at you, i'd find somewhere to just go feed the habit
If money is a bit tight, i'd be tempted to leave recurrency until you got out here. Failing that, if the habit is eating at you, i'd find somewhere to just go feed the habit
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The search function is your friend. This topic has been done to death many times on pprune.
Anyway, unless you already have the right to live and work in Australia don't even start. Sorry. That's just the way it is. You will not get immigration sponsorship with a bare CPL. If you're coming for other reasons, then do that and then quietly work on converting your licence while you're here, but don't make this the primary reason for coming all the way to Oz, because things just aren't that good in Australian GA. As for "eventually find work as an instructor", yes of course, but "eventually" is a verrry open-ended word. You will starve to death long before you earn enough money to survive on a new instructor rating.
Anyway, unless you already have the right to live and work in Australia don't even start. Sorry. That's just the way it is. You will not get immigration sponsorship with a bare CPL. If you're coming for other reasons, then do that and then quietly work on converting your licence while you're here, but don't make this the primary reason for coming all the way to Oz, because things just aren't that good in Australian GA. As for "eventually find work as an instructor", yes of course, but "eventually" is a verrry open-ended word. You will starve to death long before you earn enough money to survive on a new instructor rating.
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Thanks for the pointers guys. Yep I wouldn't be trying to go there on the basis of a CPL but seeing if I would qualify under any of my other skills then see how things go for working on a conversion while doing other jobs. What I'm not sure of yet is if I have to be fully logbook current under the FAA rules to receive the exemptions from full training under the CASA rules or if the basic ticket suffices. I'm thinking it's probably the former. Anywho that's something for me to try dig out.
Thanks again guys.
Thanks again guys.
