Originally Posted by
The Dominican
There is another thing to consider which is that the JAA license expires, as opposed to the FAA certificate which doesn't, going the JAA route means that there will be a trip every year (and the expenditure associated with it) to a JAA training facility to renew your license.
Yes, they do expire, but you don't have to renew it every year. I
You can go up to 7 years without renewing your license before it expires. Beyond that, it expires and you have to go through extra heartache and expense to get it back. So if you are flying on your FAA license, just go once every seven years to renew the JAA license in case you want to keep it valid for the future. Having said that, it is WAAAY more expensive to keep a JAA license current than an FAA license.