Originally Posted by
Puckhead
hey kinda a random question but are our licenses ICAO or meet ICAO requirements? I have heard people saying they are but always thought that they were just FAA and had to be converted to ICAO. Any Ideas?
The US is an ICAO contracting entity.
Your Commercial/Instrument is ICAO, your ATP is/will be ICAO so long as you meet the ICAO requirments at the time of the examination. If you don't, there will be an endorsement on your certificate that says: “HOLDER DOES NOT MEET THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AERONAUTICAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF ICAO”
Certificates like sport pilot and recreational pilot are not ICAO since there is no ICAO equivalent.
If you have an ATP, you must also get that English Proficient endorsement in order to stay compliant.
So, to answer your question, yes you are ICAO. That is NOT however JAA. Anyone that requires a JAA certificate, there is a substantial conversion to go from FAA to JAA.