Old 03-23-2013, 08:28 AM
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JamesNoBrakes
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Originally Posted by Twin Wasp View Post
Or you can can go to the FSIMS guidance for the FAA and try to decode it.

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What it says is if you don't currently hold a FAA certificate they will issue you a private with your type ratings limited to VFR ONLY under 61.75. If you then get a normal commercial or ATP and can show the training for your foreign type was conducted by the holder of a FAA CFI they'll move your type ratings over to your normal certificate. But since you say you have an ATP you can't go back and get a 61.75. So you're stuck doing the normal GS, sims and checkride. The only question is how much GS and how many sims. That's all controlled by the 142 school's training program and what courses they have approved by the FAA.
You can get your instrument on the FAA private and that VFR restriction taken away by passing a US instrument knowledge test. That's also in the regs.
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