Flight Safety Hong Kong G550 type

[Pickle]

Unfortunately, that means you were never set up to receive a US type rating from the get go. Had you been 61.157(TR) you'd have received your new temp certificate with the type rating on it from the TCE at the conclusion of your checkride.

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

It always amazes me at the number of pilots that show up at a 142 schoolhouse and have no idea what their actual "objective" is. Usually the program manager visits the class on the first day just to confirm what the pilot is seeking relative to FAA FARs or NAA regulation. As others have stated, if your "objective" wasn't an added type rating IAW 61.157 then you would not have received the type on your FAA certificate.

 

[Adios]

Coool..you're NOT in China!!!

I have attended many "schoolhouses" in America/China and not once have I ever had the opportunity to fill out the flight safety/CAE paper work to say what I wanted on my FAA/CAAC license.

In (China) the schoolhouse FSI manager does NOT come into the classroom to advise the Chinese pilots what they will receive on their licenses, not to mention the sole FAA American pilot who is paying for his G550 type through a bond with the Chinese company.

And, I wasn't aware that an FAA Part 142 school could say...well today we will operate "equiventley" but tomorrow we will operate as a full Part 142 school. Either they're a 142 school or NOT!!

That being said, can you imagine if your college institution said, " well, when you graduated, we were accredited, but today, we are not accredited....sorry if you/parents paid 200K for you BS degree.

The attorney's will have a field day when flight safety says, well "we operated at "equivalent" to a Part 142 school on this day, and we're in the business of giving diplomas on how to fly G550 airplanes, but NOT really accredited or governed by any agency when we so feel like it. LOL

Chime in when ready

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

Coool..you're NOT in China!!!

I have attended many "schoolhouses" in America/China and not once have I ever had the opportunity to fill out the flight safety/CAE paper work to say what I wanted on my FAA/CAAC license.

In (China) the schoolhouse FSI manager does NOT come into the classroom to advise the Chinese pilots what they will receive on their licenses, not to mention the sole FAA American pilot who is paying for his G550 type through a bond with the Chinese company.

And, I wasn't aware that an FAA Part 142 school could say...well today we will operate "equiventley" but tomorrow we will operate as a full Part 142 school. Either they're a 142 school or NOT!!

That being said, can you imagine if your college institution said, " well, when you graduated, we were accredited, but today, we are not accredited....sorry if you/parents paid 200K for you BS degree.

The attorney's will have a field day when flight safety says, well "we operated at "equivalent" to a Part 142 school on this day, and we're in the business of giving diplomas on how to fly G550 airplanes, but NOT really accredited or governed by any agency when we so feel like it. LOL

Chime in when ready

Grasshopper, its best not to tear the rice paper when you walk on it.

I (as in me) started a satellite FAA 142 training center in both Shanghai and Zuhai (and a few other hot spots around the globe), so I know China very well, and I know the CAAC very well.

Seems I need to start a consulting business for pilots who sign training contracts.

In the 142 world, you have two kinds of participants: Clients. Those are the pilots that will actually be completing the training course. Then you have customers. Those are the people who sign the training agreement and pay for the training. Sometimes a person is both the client amd the customer (self-funded). Also, 142 folks often aren't aware that the client has entered into a side agreement with the customer relative to the clients successful completion of the training program. Nor do they care. They have a valid contract with the customer, and that contract spells out the training objectives for the client.

Now, as to your predicament, you didn't get to go to training at FSI without someone signing a training agreement with FSI. That would be a document I'd be interested in seeing.

 

[Pickle]

And, I wasn't aware that an FAA Part 142 school could say...well today we will operate "equiventley" but tomorrow we will operate as a full Part 142 school. Either they're a 142 school or NOT!!

Adios:

The "equivalent" applies to 61.157, not 142.

What I mean is, the course is done under FSI's 142 training program. It meets (is equivalent to) the requirements of 61.157 to obtain a type rating on a US ATP although holding a US ATP is not required.

This objective is for foreign (non-US is what I mean by foreign in this case) authorities who want to see that a course is in some way stringent - the foreign authority will be able to look at this and say "oh, he passed a course that would have led to a type rating on a US ATP. OK, based upon that I will put the G450/500 type rating on his (fill in foreign authority and nationality here) license and he may now exercise said privileges under our national authority rules etc."

Hopefully that makes it a little more clear, albeit I know it isn't any more palatable.

 

[X-rated]

Did you sign an 8710 before the check ride?

 

[Adios]

Apologize Coool, please understand that this situation is a little frustrating for me.
Well yes, I am sure you know a lot about the 142 schools. Anyway, the thing that is difficult to understand is, how can (I) be the "client" if I am the one who in reality is paying for the G550 type, by being bonded through the company. Yes, I realize the company signed the agreement with FSI, but FSI should NOT be allowed to withhold a temp certificate from someone like me.

On the confirmation report from flight safety, it clearly says "equivalent 142, equivalent 61.157."

Thanks for chiming in...I am learning tons.

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

FSI, or any other 142 Training Center, cannot legally withhold your training records...at least your FAA training records. Believe me, the training centers get asked to do this all the time. Usually it's by less-than-honest 135 operators who don't want their pilots walking with a fresh type and a fresh .293/.297. You should know that it is illegal to do this. If you ask for your training records they have to give them to you. If you were enrolled in an initial type course with concurrent CAAC and FAA added type rating objectives then you are certainly entitled to your FAA type rating if it was successfully completed. I'm concerned that your only objective was CAAC. I do know that the FSI center in HK is an FAA approved 142 training center (at least last time I checked). I've also never heard of someone having issues with the three takeoff and landings required by the CAAC.

Knowing China like I do, I could imagine a scenario where the company you were hired by didn't pay off the right official and you paid the price. Probably had nothing to do with you. Ive also heard of instances where pilots were hired, sent to training, and then the deal fell through. A few Yuan's to the right person and you fail your ride and the company gets its money back. No loss to them, nor concern for some "round eye".

China is a very interesting place my friend, and the things that aren't said mean as much or more than what is actually said.

 

[Adios]

I couldn't agree with you more about the "Chinese pay off." I initially thought the same thing when I sat down in the left seat to do the touch and go's and the CAAC guy said this is a check ride. At that point I'm thinking...wow again!!!!!

As for my training records from FSI, I have the records that are posted on their website. I also thoroughly understand why the Chinese companies don't let FSI give the 61.157 to their "clients." As I stated previously about the (objective,) the only thing that is in the objective is: "equivalent" 142, and 61.157.

Right..I have been here in China for 3 years, and I never heard of a pilot failing "touch and go's," especially from the same CAAC who just observed a successful 6 hr G550 practical test from a TCE.

 

[rumrnr78]

Coool..you're NOT in China!!!

I have attended many "schoolhouses" in America/China and not once have I ever had the opportunity to fill out the flight safety/CAE paper work to say what I wanted on my FAA/CAAC license.

In (China) the schoolhouse FSI manager does NOT come into the classroom to advise the Chinese pilots what they will receive on their licenses, not to mention the sole FAA American pilot who is paying for his G550 type through a bond with the Chinese company.

And, I wasn't aware that an FAA Part 142 school could say...well today we will operate "equiventley" but tomorrow we will operate as a full Part 142 school. Either they're a 142 school or NOT!!

That being said, can you imagine if your college institution said, " well, when you graduated, we were accredited, but today, we are not accredited....sorry if you/parents paid 200K for you BS degree.

The attorney's will have a field day when flight safety says, well "we operated at "equivalent" to a Part 142 school on this day, and we're in the business of giving diplomas on how to fly G550 airplanes, but NOT really accredited or governed by any agency when we so feel like it. LOL

Chime in when ready

I had friends graduate from a Uni that went bankrupt. Their degrees are still valid but the school is gone.

Now, I don't mean to flame but I have to ask why someone, in China already, would write a check for a type rating to be put on a CAAC ATP? You do know that your CAAC ATP is tied to your employer and you can't take it with you right?


I worked with one of the most unprofessional pilots on the planet and he somehow got on with a Chinese company. He had to repeat something he busted on his check ride but he got through and is flying the line.

I don't know your situation but maybe you need to look at other employers in the region.

Good Luck!