amiskwia

I have an interview with Eagle next week, and I have a question about my paperwork. I am US born, but grew up and have*always*lived in Spain. Therefore 98% of my hours are logged in a JAR*logbook and*my university transcripts are in*Spanish. In Spain nobody signs your logbook, not your*instructors, not the check ride examiners. Therefore I don't have a single signature in my logbook. That is just the way it is done. But what worries me the most is that in Spain the concept of a driving record does not exist. You can not get an official document stating your traffic violations (if any).
Does anybody have any experience with something like this? How do they treat foreign documentation at the interview? Or are they just*interested*in paperwork that is from the US and the rest is not*important?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

TonyWilliams

I'd just get something from the government that says, "Mr. XXXX does not have any convictions for driving".

You do have an FAA pilot certificate, correct?

amiskwia

As a personal favor, I have been able to get an email stating that I have no convictions. But it's just that, an email, not an officially sanctioned document. I just hope that is good enough.

I do have an FAA commercial ME + Instrument, an FAA First Class Medical certificate and a US driver's license.

TonyWilliams

I'd think they'll want more. It would be hard for a US company to believe that a first world country like Spain doesn't keep records of some kind.

If you were coming from the middle of Africa, that's a different story.

amiskwia

It's sad for me to say this, but Spain is closer to the middle of Africa than it is to the US... And I don't mean geographically...
They do keep driving records, but they are for government use only. They aren't publicly disclosed in a way you could get a history of your traffic violations.

rotorhead1026

I can't speak for Eagle, but I successfully interviewed with a US supplemental recently after having flown overseas for a number of years (I passed on the offer, though). PRIA returned nothing, of course, and many records from the countries I was living / flying in were practically unobtainable. A due diligence search by the airline produced no negatives, which it seems is all they were interested in. My foreign logbooks were taken at face value. Some were "verified"; some weren't.

Are your JAR licenses up to date? I'd think the endorsements required for those would be sufficient to back up your logbook. Otherwise it seems you've done all you can. If some interviewer starts "pushing", just be polite, professional, and steadfast.

Good luck.

amiskwia

Thanks for sharing your experience. My JAR licenses are current and valid, so I hope they don't have any problems with anything!

amiskwia

Well, I had my interview on Monday and I got the pre-offer
In case someone reads this thread down the line, just know that they were only interested in driving records from the US. They didn't mind my university transcripts being in Spanish, and having a JAA logbook was no problem.

cfiguy

What were your times and how long before you were offered an interview?