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FAA IR conversion into EASA ATPL H licence

Hi ,I'm pilot with an Easa ATP-H licence with IR rating expired since more than 7 years but have an FAA CPL IR current .My flight experience is of more than 10.000 hrs and my first IR rating received on year 1990.
someone could suggest the easiest way to convert the valid FAA IR into my EASA ATPL-H license without passion through the theoretical exams ??

thank's a lot

There is an amendment to Part-FCL, currently between the EU Commission and EU Parliament, that will do the job for you. It amends FCL.625 to read:

Quote:

(c) Renewal

If an IR has expired, in order to renew their privileges, applicants shall comply with all of the following:
(1) complete a refresher training at an ATO, if deemed necessary by the ATO to reach the level of proficiency needed to pass the instrument element of the skill test in accordance with Appendix 9 to this Annex;
(2) pass a proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to this Annex in the relevant aircraft category;
(3) hold the relevant class or type rating unless otherwise specified in this Annex.

(d) If the IR has not been revalidated or renewed in the preceding 7 years, applicants for the IR shall pass again the IR theoretical knowledge examination and skill test.

(e) Holders of a valid IR on a pilot licence issued by a third country in accordance with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention shall be exempted from complying with the requirements in points (c)(1) and (d) when renewing the IR privileges contained in licences issued in accordance with this Annex.

(f) The proficiency check mentioned in points (c)(2) and (e) may be combined with a proficiency check performed for the renewal of the relevant class or type rating.”;

So, provided that your FAA IR is valid, you will not be required to complete refresher training or to re-take the theoretical knowledge examinations but just pass an IR proficiency check. Certain member states (e.g. UK and Slovakia(?)) have already implemented this by derogation but others are waiting for the amendment to pass into law, which should be late this year or early next.

~~~~thank you so much for the info .. will go deeper in it

Paco is your man for license conversion stuff (Captonline), he should give you a good steer.

Hi BillieBob,
Unfortunately your reply on my private message has not received , could you please post it as reply to this one ?

Thank you

@kikko60 The derogation has been implemented by the UK, Poland and Bulgaria. You can find details of current derogations here.
The amendment to Part-FCL that I mentioned above is included in EASA Opinion 05/2017, which was approved by the EC on 27 July and is now awaiting consideration by the TRAN committee of the EP. The proposed regulation did not appear in the agenda for the September meeting and so it is unlikely that it will become effective this year.
The draft Regulation and Annex can be found here.

If my understanding of the conversation above is correct, this would not help a FAA ATP with IR + EASA CPL and theoretical IR exams, as I have never held an EASA IR--correct?