Originally Posted by
DonovanB
Flying for an airline like British Airways is more of a pipe dream. If I learned to fly in the US under the FAA what would it take to "convert" said FAA licenses to be valid in the UK if for instance I got a dream job at BA? Is it a long, expensive progress or is it simply validating your FAA licenses or something like that?
Everything I know is about the old JAA rules, but assuming the new EASA rules are similar...
There will be some written and flight tests. Not very cheap. I think the longest part is studying for the written tests, which would take six months IIRC.
You would not get a BA job unless you already had EASA certificates.