Logging hours in a different country

[AKMac]

I'm thinking about moving to New Zealand for about 6 months. If I go to the trouble to transfer my U.S. pilots license so I can fly in New Zealand, can I log those hours and can I count them toward a rating when I move back?

Personally I don't see why not. Flying is flying, regardless of where your at, right? Thanks

 

[midlifeflyer]

Yep. Flying is flying. Bear in mind that NZ logging rules may be a bit different. If they are, log the flights under FAA rules for US purposes and under NZ rules if you need to for NZ purposes.

 

[Hugh Johnson]

It will take you more than 6 months to transfer your licenses.

 

[414Flyer]

Depends also what the registration is that the aircraft is, that is being flown. When I was in India, my Indian copilots (it was pt 91 flying in a single pilot certificated aircraft, but due to the nature of the work, and the contracts, we had copilots), were not always able to log the time, since it was an N registered aircraft. But even if it was an Indian registered aircraft, they might not have been able to log either since they require a type rating for ANY aircraft.

 

[Northpilot]

Worked in Canada for a summer and logged all the my flight time. Different rules as there 25 NM is cross country. Did some flights of up to 160 miles into the bush VFR. I don't my my IFR rating in Canada and it is not required for flight over 50 NM's. I have met some pilots up there who have over five thousand hours in the bush and have zero hours of IFR. I am going to have fun getting my ATP in the US when whey see my log book.

 

[Resocha]

Most ICAO countries accept the time logged by pilots in other ICAO-member countries. Though, keep in mind that each country specifies how flight time can be logged. I transferred my FAA logbook to the Japanese JCAB format, and it was a huge pain in the rear.