USMCFLYR

I've never even looked at the brakes on my car

rickair7777

But I bet you could if you wanted to...

DonovanB

[QUOTE=rickair7777;1776839]Depends on what kind of flying you want to do. For 91/135, especially bush flying it would be good to have.

If it's airlines, your priority should be getting a seniority number as fast as possible. College and flight training would come first, then a regional job (or 135/91 jet job). The A&P would be more of a hobby thing when you can get around to it.

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If you really want to fly in Europe (it will be easier to get a good airline job in the US), I'd still look at training in the US just to save a lot of money, then do a EASA license conversion(also available in the US). That way you'll have both certs and can choose to work wherever the best opportunity is (probably the US for the forseeable future).
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Like Rama clarified, I'm only working toward the A&P License because my school offers "dual credit" where I can go to normal high school for half the day and the second half I take my A&P courses through the local community college. At this rate, it'll only take an extra 6 months at most so I think its worth it and I enjoy it. Im also trying to do flight school while getting my bachelor's degree so I can save time and get into hour building as quickly as possible. Other people have said I should get a degree in another major as a back up. Im still not sure if the time saved would be worth it.

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Can someone please tell me about the license conversions from USA to UK? Any info or links would be greatly appreciated because I don't know anything about the conversion.

DonovanB

No such thing as too much knowledge I suppose! Also, I can always get my bachelor's in a completely unrelated major that interests me. I just think saving time by doing the flight training and getting my bachelor's at the same time would help me get into hour building quicker and take more advantage of the huge increase in mandatory retirements of pilots that's supposed to peak when I would be 26.

galaxy flyer

Probably the least applicable knowledge to be a pilot is mechanical skill. You fly it, no fix it and flying is an entirely different craft. Yes, understanding basic mechanical principles is important, but physics is probably more important. Just as the AF 447 crew.

GF

JamesNoBrakes

I'd say no pilots really understand a basic DC diagram. I've found plenty that thought they did though.

PotatoChip

May I suggest Seattle? Not only cold and rainy, but the best soccer fans in the US. (Portland May argue).

HeavyDriver

I have a bunch of British friends that are pilots...they all fly for airlines outside of England or the EU for that matter...Airline jobs are very hard to get in the UK...If that's your goal you need to start now and find a mentor in one of those airlines and get to work building on that dream...It's possible, but your going to have to work hard and navigate a tricky network...and if money is a problem you better start walking the beach looking for a magical lamp and start rubbing buddy...You will find in aviation as in all things; that without the financial means...well, it will cause disruptions to the best laid out plans and dreams...that's just life...

DonovanB

Flying for an airline like British Airways is more of a pipe dream. If I learned to fly in the US under the FAA what would it take to "convert" said FAA licenses to be valid in the UK if for instance I got a dream job at BA? Is it a long, expensive progress or is it simply validating your FAA licenses or something like that?

rickair7777

Everything I know is about the old JAA rules, but assuming the new EASA rules are similar...

There will be some written and flight tests. Not very cheap. I think the longest part is studying for the written tests, which would take six months IIRC.

You would not get a BA job unless you already had EASA certificates.