Originally Posted by
NEDude
For the theory exams I used the Bristol Ground School distance learning program and supplemented it with a question bank. Overall it took me about a ten months from getting serious about it to actually having the license in hand...If you are serious about working in Europe, I would strongly consider doing what it takes to change the permanent residence into German (and thus EU) citizenship.....
Hi, thanks for all of the good info. I do have a german AZF (radio license), PPL and medical. I was a U.S. military pilot, so I have a CPL (Single-, Multi-Engine, Instrument) that I got when I completed military training. I did the FAA ATP Theory this Summer and I plan on doing the practical flight exam this year.
It sounds like once I had the U.S. ATP, I could do the ATPL-Theory in the UK without the classroom instruction. That would be my preferred option because I could do it at my own pace, which is hopefully faster than a year.
I have no plans on obtaining German citizenship. My career goal is to either work for a U.S. airline domiciled in Germany, or for a German one. I am a bit older than most German pilots starting out, because I have a military career behind me. Hopefully a German company would look at a 43-year-old military veteran, otherwise I'll just try the traditional U.S. military -> RJ -> Major route and hope to wind back up here as soon as possible.