FAA or JAA or what ?

[tanveer]

Hi guys, me again. This time the question is not where to train, but what to train under. This is my situation at the moment:

Current:
19 yr old, Indian Citizen, Canadian Resident (Pending Citizenship), 1hr T.T

Goals:
Get my Pilots licences, Build time instructing most likely, Get a Degree (confused wether to make it aviation related or general business)

Plan:
Go to the US for all education listed above, work in india to gain experience also.

Long Term Goals:
Work for either Cathay, Singapore, Emirates, Thai, Air Inida, Air Canada, KLM, BA, VA, Lufth etc.

Question: What kind of a rating should i get based on my plans ? Since i can't work in the US would FAA still be ok ? or JAA or someother ?

Thanks
tj

 

[bafanguy]

tanveer,


Get them both while you still have plenty of brain cells. The JAA ticket seems to be a big deal in most parts of the world from what I see in job postings. Good luck in your plans.

 

[Vik]

Well, if you want to work for an Indian company, you should go find out what you need to do to convert your JAA or FAA licenses first.

There is a very painful FAA to Indian procedure that probably dates back to 1930 .. star charts, someone mentioned a sextant on here, that sort of thing.

India should be creating a lot of pilot jobs over the next 5 years. Hopefully they'll realize they can get better qualified people from outside India and drop the politics over converting the licenses.

As for FAA or JAA .. you got me. I've got FAA and I'm not converting to sh!t unless I'm offered a job first.

Hi guys, me again. This time the question is not where to train, but what to train under. This is my situation at the moment:

Current:
19 yr old, Indian Citizen, Canadian Resident (Pending Citizenship), 1hr T.T

Goals:
Get my Pilots licences, Build time instructing most likely, Get a Degree (confused wether to make it aviation related or general business)

Plan:
Go to the US for all education listed above, work in india to gain experience also.

Long Term Goals:
Work for either Cathay, Singapore, Emirates, Thai, Air Inida, Air Canada, KLM, BA, VA, Lufth etc.

Question: What kind of a rating should i get based on my plans ? Since i can't work in the US would FAA still be ok ? or JAA or someother ?

Thanks
tj

 

[bobbysamd]

My answer would be is to obtain Indian licenses. If that cannot be done, obtain licenses that are most easily converted to Indian licenses. If JAA can be converted easily that's what you should do.

Be sure that if you come to the U.S. to train that your school has a JAA program. Although by now you might turned off to DCA, I believe it has a JAA program. So do some other school(s) in Florida. It cannot hurt if FAA certificates are part of the deal, but your primary objective would be to obtain JAA or whatever licenses that you can convert to Indian licenses.

 

[80/20]

Cathay and Singapore have accepted both FAA and JAA but their system was build on the UK rules (now JAA)
Emirates takes both FAA and JAA
Thai ?
Air India?
Air Canada must have Canadian license (used to be a bit easier to convert from European system, I did it 15 yrs ago from FAA - don’t know how it is today)
KLM only JAA
BA only JAA
Lufthansa only JAA
FAA seems to be of little use since you can’t work in the USA, some of the countries you list will accept either FAA or JAA (for example Emirates).
It is much easier to convert from JAA to FAA than from FAA to JAA so it will probably be best for you to take JAA unless you do your own license in India.

 

[tanveer]

thanks

Thanks alot guys, you guys are very helpful here man. So from the looks of it i would be better of doing JAA eh. Hmm so i am assuming that FSA is off my list then. Leaving Ari-Ben or Orlando flight training.

Thanks
tj

 

[80/20]

FAA would probably be cheaper and faster, but it is expensive to convert to JAA so it really depends on what the future will bring for you and that is very difficult to predict.

 

[tanveer]

Naples

Hi, i came accross a school in Naples, Fl.
What do u say about this looks pretty decent and gives alot of training. It does not Include CFI, so i could maybe get my CFI from Ari-Ben and then work with them as a Flight Instructor.
http://www.naples-air-center.com/careerpilotjaafaa.htm


Thanks
tj

 

[Rule of thumb]

If you want a good JAA 0-1500 hours program that includes two years of work experience as a flight instructor take a look at European Flight Training EFT www.flyeft.com they are located in the same facilities as Ari Ben Aviator in Ft Pierce FL.If you do a search on www.pprune.org you will find they have a very good reputation in the JAA training industry.Be prepared to work extremely hard to get the JAA licenses.

 

[tanveer]

Cool

Hey man thanks for that info, i did know they offered JAA, but i was wondering if i would be able to gain hrs with them sounds nice. By the way if i plan to do both JAA and FAA will it be more expensive or will i better off getting one and converting to another, and if i plan to train in the US which would i be better off getting to begin with.

Thanks
tj