Flight Instructing outside of US?
10-11-2008, 12:40 PM
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Flight Instructing outside of US?
Are there any schools in Europe that train pilots for FAA license? Would they hire American instructors? What about if I had my JAA too?
I am looking for places like this so I can get my EU citizenship and convert my licenses over to JAA while working there and staying current instead of working at a bar or something.
I am looking for places like this so I can get my EU citizenship and convert my licenses over to JAA while working there and staying current instead of working at a bar or something.
10-11-2008, 02:53 PM
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I very highly doubt there are any FTO's in the EU that train for the FAA certs. Why would they?
It's so much cheaper to do your flight training here in the US compared to the EU, so it's not as if US students are going to want to train in the EU.
One of the biggest differences between Flight Instructors here in the US and those in the EU, is that here we have 250 hour newbies with a newly minted CFI teaching people how not to kill themselves. In the EU, it's more likely to be a Military/Airline guy who teaches on his days off, has lost his medical or has retired. Either that or a career Flight Instructor.
Unfortunately, you're still going to need some form of residency in the EU to get a job. Once you've got that particular nightmare sorted you can start tearing your hair out over the JAA theory exams and flight training.
It's so much cheaper to do your flight training here in the US compared to the EU, so it's not as if US students are going to want to train in the EU.
One of the biggest differences between Flight Instructors here in the US and those in the EU, is that here we have 250 hour newbies with a newly minted CFI teaching people how not to kill themselves. In the EU, it's more likely to be a Military/Airline guy who teaches on his days off, has lost his medical or has retired. Either that or a career Flight Instructor.
Unfortunately, you're still going to need some form of residency in the EU to get a job. Once you've got that particular nightmare sorted you can start tearing your hair out over the JAA theory exams and flight training.
10-11-2008, 04:18 PM
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Figured since we have JAA schools here they would have FAA schools but you're right, why would they when the cost to train here is so cheap (relatively of course).
Sounds like the best road would be to work a normal job over there for two years on a visa after getting the conversion done. Didn't mean to turn this into an off-topic thread. Will look from here on the foreign forums.
Thanks.
Sounds like the best road would be to work a normal job over there for two years on a visa after getting the conversion done. Didn't mean to turn this into an off-topic thread. Will look from here on the foreign forums.
Thanks.
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