Originally Posted by
AirArney
Before you attack the OP, why don't you try and explain to me the inequity of transfering certificates between JAA and FAA? I don't think that you can. I know that when I fly a 172 in Ireland (for fun), my FAA ATP grants me a whopping PPL with day privleges only.... Meanwhile, the JAA pilot can go to a FSDO and AUTOMATICALLY be crossdecked with a Commercial certificate. One written and BAM, Instrument rating. One more written and checkride, ATP.....
Meanwhile, the FAA pilot, regardless of rating, has to start from square one in Europe.
A JAA commercial requires roughly 700 hours of ground instruction to get and how much does the FAA require? Only a small percentage of that. (yes too lazy to get the exact #'s). Other countries have written tests you actually have to study for... and not this memorize the Gleim answer garbage. That is why the FAA license isn't taken very seriously or given reciprocity in JAA countries.
Also if you if have an FAA commercial they credit you 200 hours of study toward your JAA... not square one.