European vs USA - help!

[Mustard 72]

I am in the process of either choosing Europe as my learning ground or USA.

Price wise for me it is better in USA and as my folks live in Miami it makes sense.

My dilemma is -

1. Do i do PPL and all CPL exams in Europe and build hours in USA after.

Or

2. Do i do the whole ppl to cpl with ratings in USA and then convert to European afterwards....

If someone could share some of their kowledge with me that would be great....

Mustard 72

[pilotincommand]

Depends on whether your folks are US citizens or not.

Access to the Green Card is something the majority of pilots would give their right arm for. Training is MUCH cheaper in the US and the opportunities are better.

If you're stuck in Europe, it's probably best to do at least the CPL and IR here. The IR test will have to be done in Europe.

[Mustard 72]

Cheers,

My parents are not US Cit....my Dad is workng there the next 3 years....it is a place for me to stay while i study thats all....

So i am right that doing all in USA is cheaper but it is a major problem to convert to European? Resitting 14 exams for european standard....

[AIR SEYCHELLES 787]

Mustard,

I don't know about flight schools in Miami, but in Florida there are several JAA schools that can give you a JAA PPL, CPL and all the ATPL exams. The IR would have to be done in the UK.

Your alternative would be to do it all the FAA way and then convert CPL and IR and do the ATPL exams in JAA land.

AS787

[pilotincommand]

With the regulations as they are now, the most sensible and cost effective option is probably FAA PPL/IR and the majority of the hour building in the U.S. followed by the ATPL exams in Europe. You need to make sure that you do the exams in the country where you want to do the CPL. The FAA IR will allow you to do a shorter CPL course and you can then convert you're IR to a JAA IR which can be endorsed on you're CPL.

The JAA PPL isn't really worth bothering with unless there is going to be a large gap between PPL and CPL. The ATPL training providers in the U.K. tend to have better reputations than the ones in the U.S. but obviously that is quite a general statement and you need to do careful research on the one you decide to go to.

I wouldn't do all the hour building in the U.S. as it will cause you problems when you come to fly in European airspace. There is no problem in flying an aircraft in the U.K. with an FAA licence. I don't know about other parts of Europe.

[Mustard 72]

Next Step - Quality Decision

Thanks People for this....it really helps....

I have now looked further into this and it comes down to best place to do it.....have looked at -

1. Interlake International - Canada - $31,137 (€20,996)

2. Naples Air Center - $58,000 (€40,000) with conversion to JAA Land

3. Orlando Flight Training -$46,500 (€31,780) with conversion to JAA Land

4. Silver Express - Miami - $30,990 - No conversion (€21,317)

Decisions decisions????
My target is August 2008 to start...any suggestions people???

Really appreciate feed back....i am a no nonsense guy who wants it in black and white...

Cheers Mustard

[Tamass]

Hey Mustard,

Check out EFT and Ariben as well. They are doing most of the training on BE-76s. The extra ME time might look good in your logbook.


http://www.flyeft.com/

http://www.aribenaviator.com/

Have fun!
T.