Does block time buying and building improve chances of getting a Job?
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Dear Scooby,
I strongly agree with your thoughts except for 5 things:
-without a visa you will not make a footprint on US-soil before they escort you to the return flight back home, no matter if you have a PPL or an astronaut's licence. FAA has no links with customs ;-)
-local transportation should not be underestimated. Not often will you find a hotel next to your airfield, and you'll pay something like 50$ per day if you want to rent a car. (supposing you are younger than 25)
-Insurance: I'm not supposed to give you any numbers but my boss told me the insurance alone costs over 300£ (travel + aircraft liability) for 1 month.
I strongly agree with your thoughts except for 5 things:
-without a visa you will not make a footprint on US-soil before they escort you to the return flight back home, no matter if you have a PPL or an astronaut's licence. FAA has no links with customs ;-)
-local transportation should not be underestimated. Not often will you find a hotel next to your airfield, and you'll pay something like 50$ per day if you want to rent a car. (supposing you are younger than 25)
-Insurance: I'm not supposed to give you any numbers but my boss told me the insurance alone costs over 300£ (travel + aircraft liability) for 1 month.
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If you are not obtaining a new rating you do not need a visa, if you are just hour building you are not a student. If your country is not part of the Visa waiver program then you need one regardless. Visas are not that much of an issue anyway. Not sure if you would need one to obtain an FAA PPL from a JAA one, didn't used to as it was just paperwork but that was a few years ago.
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Yes indeed you have the visa waiver but it is not applicable to everybody 
Also, you don't need to have a PPL to enter the USA with the visa waiver/normal visa.
You can follow instruction under certain circumstances on a traveller's visa/visa waiver.
Edit: Sorry cancel the visa waiver part, I just checked.
Also, you don't need to have a PPL to enter the USA with the visa waiver/normal visa.
You can follow instruction under certain circumstances on a traveller's visa/visa waiver.
Edit: Sorry cancel the visa waiver part, I just checked.
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If you can fly in the USA for that price go and do it!
However your pricing is unrealistic, the cheapest aivation medical cover avalable for the USA is £62/month, as for airline tickets you might get lucky but my prices are based on what I can get from expedia and tell the whole truth about airport taxes etc.
The flying costs are based on using a well known reputable Florida FBO.
I have done a lot of flying in the USA and have an FAA CPL/IR & FE. When getting these in the USA I had to deal with a number of company's that quoted the rock bottom prices that you have. Two of these company's totaly failed to come up with the goods and if I had not been working in the USA for three months I would have failed in all my flying objectives.
I did eventualy find a reputable company who did a very good deal but the price was about 50% more that the "best deal prices" quoted by the first two company's that I had contacted.
You could get lucky and find a very good deal paying £35/hour and get all your flying done but the law of averages says that the chances of doing so are not much better that 70/30. So if you only get half the flying that you wanted to done in your two week stay the hourly price is not so good.
It was the troubles that I had in the USA that motivated me to offer the service to hoursbuilders who can see past the headline price, the reputable American conpany's offer a service that costs about the same as mine. This is simply because that is what it costs to offer a relable service, we all know that some places cut corners and usualy the worst that happens is the aircraft goes "Tech" for a few days but this can totaly wreck a two week trip to the states and further drive up the cost to the hoursbuilder.
There is an old Arab proverb that say's "cheap is not so cheap" the question is scooby are you going to get lucky or are you going to learn the hard way.............. I know were I would put my bet, but please go take the chance.
However your pricing is unrealistic, the cheapest aivation medical cover avalable for the USA is £62/month, as for airline tickets you might get lucky but my prices are based on what I can get from expedia and tell the whole truth about airport taxes etc.
The flying costs are based on using a well known reputable Florida FBO.
I have done a lot of flying in the USA and have an FAA CPL/IR & FE. When getting these in the USA I had to deal with a number of company's that quoted the rock bottom prices that you have. Two of these company's totaly failed to come up with the goods and if I had not been working in the USA for three months I would have failed in all my flying objectives.
I did eventualy find a reputable company who did a very good deal but the price was about 50% more that the "best deal prices" quoted by the first two company's that I had contacted.
You could get lucky and find a very good deal paying £35/hour and get all your flying done but the law of averages says that the chances of doing so are not much better that 70/30. So if you only get half the flying that you wanted to done in your two week stay the hourly price is not so good.
It was the troubles that I had in the USA that motivated me to offer the service to hoursbuilders who can see past the headline price, the reputable American conpany's offer a service that costs about the same as mine. This is simply because that is what it costs to offer a relable service, we all know that some places cut corners and usualy the worst that happens is the aircraft goes "Tech" for a few days but this can totaly wreck a two week trip to the states and further drive up the cost to the hoursbuilder.
There is an old Arab proverb that say's "cheap is not so cheap" the question is scooby are you going to get lucky or are you going to learn the hard way.............. I know were I would put my bet, but please go take the chance.
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I have been looking for schools in the USA for time building and I have found a school which is offering all instructor ratings for free to build 1500 hrs and walk away with an FAA ATP at the end by instructing for them. I am not sure how good a deal this is or if this would be a good option to take, to further my career. Any feedback is much appreciated.
