TheNakedTrader

Dear all,

I recently completed my FAA PPL in Florida, over at Sunstate Aviation. Great place to learn to fly, if you ask me! Anyhow, I'm seriously looking at a career in aviation, and where I come from, my local aviation authorities seem to put
much more weight on the ex-JAA, now EASA licensing structure. I have no idea
why this is the case though.

Now, all these terms have gotten me kinda confused. I tried doing some research online but I still have quite a few doubts about the different licensing structure

For now, I intend to convert my FAA license into a EASA license. I am short of the 100 hours by 1.2 hours. Not a problem. All I need is 3 theory papers and a flight test and voila, I will have successfully converted my FAA PPL into an EASA PPL.

Here's the thing I don't quite understand. Assuming I got to ACA (FlyOft.com) to convert to the EASA license, which country will be the issuing authority of the license? My medical is a UK Class 2 medical. So I assume the UK will be the final issuing authority for my license. But is it JAR-FCL compliant (whatever that means)?

Ultimately, I want to have an EASA PPL license that is issued by the UK CAA BUT is recognized throughout Europe, so that I do not have to jump through hoops and loops if I were to fly professionally outside of the UK.

Is this what they mean by JAR-FCL compliant?

I certainly do not want a UK CAA PPL.

Please help. I'm really confused.

Regards
TheNakedTrader

500 above

And the CAA won't issue you with one either.

It would be an EASA FCL PPL, which has superseded the JAR-FCL PPL which in turn superseded the CAA PPL and so on...