Peter

Stealth Pilot <notransponder@aeroplanes.com.au> wrote

>surely the way forward is to get a flying training org in the USA
>accredited to their standards (as the guys in perth have done) and
>then to issue one of their licences in addition to the FAA one.
>
>the guys in Perth following this path for work in europe go to europe
>with an Australian ICAO licence, which they dont need to show, and the
>JAA one which is what they do show.
>
>I dont really see your problem other than a gaff at the affront that
>an FAA issued ICAO licence is somehow degraded by the european
>attitude.

Are you saying that the Australian IR is similar to the FAA IR in
content?

There are no flight training organisations in the USA permitted to
train the European IR, AFAIK. This is standard European trade
protection. Only PPL training (to JAA papers) is doable in the USA - 6
or so schools in Florida and one is SoCal.