Originally Posted by
shogun
I don't know where you got your informations but they are wrong. You need to pass 14 written exams and you will have to convert your CPL/IR by going through a conversion course that's at least 30 hours. On top of that the European schools don't use Cessnas to do their professional course, plus gas and instructors being more expensive, that gives you the reason why it would cost 35K.
The JAA conversion is a little bit far away from 2 papers and acouple of hours in a Cessna.......
It does depend on whether you already have an FAA ATP or CPL. That price would probably be about right if you already have a CPL, as there are set amounts of flight training required. Wheras, if you have an ATP, you just have to do as much flight training as you need to, to pass the flight tests. That'll depend on how quickly you adapt to the JAA way of doing things and currency in a piston aircraft.