Australian CPL to UK licence?
 

I am curently studying to get my Australian CPL, just wondering what processes are involved in converting to a UK licence so i can work there, as I wish to move to the UK early next year for work.
Cheers

The holder of a current and valid* CPL(A) issued in
accordance with ICAO Annex 1 by a non-JAA State
may be issued with a JAR-FCL CPL(A) providing the
experience requirements of JAR-FCL 1.155(b) and (c)
have been met. Applicants must:

• Hold a valid JAR-FCL Class 1 medical certificate.

• Undertake CPL(A) theoretical knowledge
instruction as determined by the Head of Training
of an approved training provider and pass ALL of
the JAR-FCL theoretical knowledge examinations
at CPL(A) level. Applicants who wish to attempt
examinations at a higher level (i.e. ATPL(A) level)
must undertake the full 650 hour course of approved
theoretical knowledge instruction and pass ALL of
the JAR-FCL theoretical knowledge examinations at
ATPL(A) level.

• Undertake flying training as determined by the Head
of Training of a FTO approved to conduct CPL(A)
modular flying training courses, sufficient to obtain
the pre-entry Form 170A (to include 5 hours on a
complex aeroplane type if this requirement has not
been previously satisfied) and pass the CPL(A) skill
test (in accordance with Appendices 1 and 2 to JAR-FCL
1.170) with a CAA Flight Examiner.

• Qualify for the issue of a UK Flight Radiotelephony
Operator’s Licence (FRTOL).

* The holder of an ICAO CPL(A) that is not current and
valid will be required to attend an approved FTO and
complete a modular course of CPL(A) flying training.
If during the course the Head of Training is prepared to
state in writing that completion of the FULL course is
unwarranted and recommends a reduction, CAA PLD
will give the recommendation consideration.

Probably easier to just get yourself 175 hours, and do the JAR stuff when you get to the UK. Only worth getting the Aus CPL if you plan to work in Aus, otherwise you will have to redo a lot of it, and there are a LOT of differences (I converted CAA CPL to Aus CPL years ago). The theory is much harder in the UK, the flying standards easier than Aus, the weather and procedures very different.

A lot of work involved - especially if (like most people from Oz) you come here - take low hours jobs - and then swan off home ready to fly shiney new QF or DJ jets.

spicejetter, that's one hell of a generalisation and you're so very wrong. I know at least 20 Aussies here, all had at least 4,000 hours on aircraft ranging from Saabs, Dash 8's and B737s etc. Hardly low houred... I only know of 1 Aussie* who was low time. She's a captain with a British lo-co...
(*German born, raised in Oz)

hurly, BEagle's given you the official stuff from the UK CAA. If you want the full details, go to the UK CAA's website and look up "LASORS". It's a pdf available for download and it has every thing.

Since you'd be min houred, you may as well do an Aus PPL, amass some hours and then do the JAA or EASA license. It's not cheap but since (at the moment) the Aussie $ to the £ is pretty strong, it's not too bad. CFI has the right idea.

I wouldn't have said the theory was harder per se, just broader because what Australia covers in the CPL syllabus is incorporated into the ATPL syllabus.