FAA conversion to JAA

[LaurieIain]

Being one of the many unfortunate people to need corrective lenses i'm somewhat apprehensive about my class 1 medical. (i'm very much borderline).

If I do fail at what stage of FAA training can i convert to get grandfather rights so i can skip the CAA initial?

I already hold a the FAA class 1. And would probably just go to the states ASAP after my class 1 (either way).

so... is comair a good scholl to try out or is naples a better option?

thanks in advance guys

[Keygrip]

There is never a stage at which you would be able to skip the initial class one for JAA licensing.

If you have any doubt - and it is MUCH harder than the FAA class one - then I suggest you take the JAA class one at your earliest opportunity.....and then decide what to do about flight training.

[IndiaAlphaLima]

My thought was taht if you held an faa cply with class 1 on conversion all you had to do was the regular CAA exams and a JAA renewl. Might be wrong but CAA says +5/-8 on renewl

good luck

[baldwim]

Have a look at a thread under the medical section on conversion.

It seems that there is a renewal route bypassing the initial CAA class 1 if you have faa cpl + faa class 1.

[dorosenco]

no, it is not. I just did my JAA 1st Class medical from a FAA 1st Class 3 months ago and besides the price difference (245 instead of 400 pounds) they still spent 45 minutes checking my eyes...