NZ CPL to US CPL conversion- what's invovled?
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NZ CPL to US CPL conversion- what's invovled?
Gidday guys,
Just wondering if anybody knows what's involved with converting a New Zealand CAA CPL to a United States License? I currently have 1200 hours TT. Do I have to sit any exams, an initial CPL flight test? Multi Instrument Flight test? Am coming over in August.
Appreciate any advice
Just wondering if anybody knows what's involved with converting a New Zealand CAA CPL to a United States License? I currently have 1200 hours TT. Do I have to sit any exams, an initial CPL flight test? Multi Instrument Flight test? Am coming over in August.
Appreciate any advice
Do a search, it's been discussed many times.
Briefly:
* FAA Class 1 medical
* CPL theory exam
* CPL flight test
If you do the test in a s/e a/c then you will have Commercial Pilot privileges valid for s/e a/c only. If multi then Commercial privileges will be valid for multis only.
To get both s/e & m/e requires two separate flight test although if you do them with the same examiner etc s/he may let you off repeating some common items.
To gain instrument privileges:
* IR exam
* IR flight test.
Usual caveats about s/e IR not being valid for multis - I think.
Briefly:
* FAA Class 1 medical
* CPL theory exam
* CPL flight test
If you do the test in a s/e a/c then you will have Commercial Pilot privileges valid for s/e a/c only. If multi then Commercial privileges will be valid for multis only.
To get both s/e & m/e requires two separate flight test although if you do them with the same examiner etc s/he may let you off repeating some common items.
To gain instrument privileges:
* IR exam
* IR flight test.
Usual caveats about s/e IR not being valid for multis - I think.
