Flight experience from other countries....

[pgcfii2002]

I have a foreign student who wants to know if his flight time (from 2 years ago) can be credited towards an American Private ASEL.

Any ideas??

 

[AK47]

I have a foreign student who wants to know if his flight time (from 2 years ago) can be credited towards an American Private ASEL.

Any ideas??

14 CFR 61.41

 

[pacific 77]

I have a foreign student who wants to know if his flight time (from 2 years ago) can be credited towards an American Private ASEL.

Any ideas??

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Yes, as long as it is in a log book from an ICAO country it should count. Just show the FSDO his log book.

I am in similar situation as all my flight time to date has been logged in NZ (I intend to do an FAA flight conversion soon). I had a similar question, so a while ago I called the SDL FSDO to find about how much of my flight time was valid here. I was advised that flight experience logged in a foreign country can be credited towards meeting the part 61 requirements for obtaining an FAA certficate and/or rating.

Keep in mind though that he will still need to pass a checkride, so it's likely that he'll need to do some re-revision anyway to get up to speed again.

 

[FlyingToIST]

If he is not too far from completing the PPL in the foreign land that would save the student some hassle as he can get the FAA PPL based on the foreign one.

 

[sqwkvfr]

If he is not too far from completing the PPL in the foreign land that would save the student some hassle as he can get the FAA PPL based on the foreign one.

...however, the restrictions that apply in the issuing country also apply to the FAA cert. For example, if that country doesn't allow VFR at night, he/she is restricted to daytime flying on the US PPL.

 

[pgcfii2002]

Thanks...I expect them to be at the checkride point close to Part 61 mins.