Go Back  Airline Pilot Central Forums > Airline Pilot Forums > Foreign
License conversion to EASA >

License conversion to EASA

Notices
Foreign Airlines that hire U.S. pilots

License conversion to EASA

Old 12-18-2022, 11:22 AM
  #1  
Line Holder
Thread Starter
 
Delta Echo's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jun 2018
Position: AFIS trainee and PPL trainee
Posts: 38
Default License conversion to EASA

Hi people, am interested for changing my location and job for airline based in Europe ,and want to ask if someone have experience in license conversion to EASA. For now i found several schools with different prices and offers , but one it look's very OK . It's named easy-pilot ,does anyone know anything about them? I will post a link that you can check website and tell me opinion : https://www.easy-pilot.com/
Thank you all !
Delta Echo is offline  
Old 12-18-2022, 02:59 PM
  #2  
All is fine at .79
 
TiredSoul's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Position: Paahlot
Posts: 4,045
Default

You’re on the wrong forum.
Ask your question on Pprune
Much more European oriented.
TiredSoul is offline  
Old 12-19-2022, 11:35 AM
  #3  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: B747 FO
Posts: 606
Default

Originally Posted by Delta Echo View Post
Hi people, am interested for changing my location and job for airline based in Europe ,and want to ask if someone have experience in license conversion to EASA. For now i found several schools with different prices and offers , but one it look's very OK . It's named easy-pilot ,does anyone know anything about them? I will post a link that you can check website and tell me opinion : https://www.easy-pilot.com/
Thank you all !

As TiredSoul said, pPrune might be a better place for you.
However, I’ll give you my experience since I’ve done it.
Im assuming you are trying to go from FAA to EASA, there is no quick way of doing that.
You need to take 14 written exams, ATPL theory. Each one completely worthless and based on rote memorization of the questions.
Depending on how much 121 time you have you might be able to waive the official ground school requirement and just do self studies.
Once you take the first exam, you have 12 months to do all 14.
You have 7 sits to do the 14 exams, each sit consists on 1 week period.
You can retake a failed exam once and no more than 3 total.
Try to save a sit or two for contingency. I took my 14 exams in 4 sits.
Once you are done with the ATPLs you can do flight training, CPL can be done in the US however the IR portion cannot. So that has to be done over I. Europe.
You also have to have an EASA medical, it is NOT the same as an FAA medical, if it’s an initial, it costs close to 1000$ and you might as well apply to be an astronaut for NASA. Funny thing is that my EASA medical examiner actually does the medical for the ESA.
Another thing to have in mind is that, under EASA regulations there are no such thing as a Flight Review or an IPC.
In order to keep current you need to take a check ride ever 24 months for a Commercial Single or multi. Taking one does NOT get the other one current.
And you need to take an instrument check ride once every 12 months.
If you loose currency for over 7 years, you will need to take the 14 ATPLs again.
Id say to expect about 5-8000$ for the total cost.
If you get a job in Europe, they typically pay for your recurrent training to keep your type rating and instrument rating current, thus you only need to keep your single and/or multi engine current yourself.
Im about to loose my currency, End of April it’s been 7 years since my last instrument currency. And I’m expecting about 2000$ to get recurrent again.
There is one EASA medical examiner in the US, he is based in Ormond Beach, does medical by appointment only, and it’s on Fridays. Takes about 3 hours and I believe it’s about 250$.
JohnnyBekkestad is offline  
Old 12-19-2022, 12:37 PM
  #4  
In a land of unicorns
 
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,401
Default

Originally Posted by JohnnyBekkestad View Post
As TiredSoul said, pPrune might be a better place for you.
However, I’ll give you my experience since I’ve done it.
Im assuming you are trying to go from FAA to EASA, there is no quick way of doing that.
You need to take 14 written exams, ATPL theory. Each one completely worthless and based on rote memorization of the questions.
Depending on how much 121 time you have you might be able to waive the official ground school requirement and just do self studies.
Once you take the first exam, you have 12 months to do all 14.
You have 7 sits to do the 14 exams, each sit consists on 1 week period.
You can retake a failed exam once and no more than 3 total.
Try to save a sit or two for contingency. I took my 14 exams in 4 sits.
Once you are done with the ATPLs you can do flight training, CPL can be done in the US however the IR portion cannot. So that has to be done over I. Europe.
You also have to have an EASA medical, it is NOT the same as an FAA medical, if it’s an initial, it costs close to 1000$ and you might as well apply to be an astronaut for NASA. Funny thing is that my EASA medical examiner actually does the medical for the ESA.
Another thing to have in mind is that, under EASA regulations there are no such thing as a Flight Review or an IPC.
In order to keep current you need to take a check ride ever 24 months for a Commercial Single or multi. Taking one does NOT get the other one current.
And you need to take an instrument check ride once every 12 months.
If you loose currency for over 7 years, you will need to take the 14 ATPLs again.
Id say to expect about 5-8000$ for the total cost.
If you get a job in Europe, they typically pay for your recurrent training to keep your type rating and instrument rating current, thus you only need to keep your single and/or multi engine current yourself.
Im about to loose my currency, End of April it’s been 7 years since my last instrument currency. And I’m expecting about 2000$ to get recurrent again.
There is one EASA medical examiner in the US, he is based in Ormond Beach, does medical by appointment only, and it’s on Fridays. Takes about 3 hours and I believe it’s about 250$.
Is Mark Rubin still active? The flight school he got 99% of his business from lost its EASA certification a long time ago so wasn't sure if he kept it current.

And how dare you claim the exams are useless. We need to calculate VOR service volumes and plot coordinates from Mercator to WGS84 every single day at work.
dera is offline  
Old 12-19-2022, 01:06 PM
  #5  
Line Holder
Thread Starter
 
Delta Echo's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jun 2018
Position: AFIS trainee and PPL trainee
Posts: 38
Default

Thank you guys for info, this is good information to start with!

Tomorrow i schedule a call with guys from easy-pilot , and will see what they will say about conversion. For ATPL Theory i heard some news from my friend , there's not 14 exams but 13 because of some changing in EASA (VFR and IFR now is like 1 subject) , but as i say i will write news here after i find out what's actual for license conversion , it might help to someone else.

I agree there's difference btwn US and Europe but science i 'm moving , i think i have to face all that what you wrote.

At this point now , tons of jobs are available and lot of possibility's .
Delta Echo is offline  
Old 12-19-2022, 01:20 PM
  #6  
In a land of unicorns
 
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,401
Default

Originally Posted by Delta Echo View Post
Thank you guys for info, this is good information to start with!

Tomorrow i schedule a call with guys from easy-pilot , and will see what they will say about conversion. For ATPL Theory i heard some news from my friend , there's not 14 exams but 13 because of some changing in EASA (VFR and IFR now is like 1 subject) , but as i say i will write news here after i find out what's actual for license conversion , it might help to someone else.

I agree there's difference btwn US and Europe but science i 'm moving , i think i have to face all that what you wrote.

At this point now , tons of jobs are available and lot of possibility's .
Hope you don't think there are tons of jobs available in Europe at the moment. You'll be in for a rude awakening.
dera is offline  
Old 12-19-2022, 02:26 PM
  #7  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: B747 FO
Posts: 606
Default

Originally Posted by dera View Post
Is Mark Rubin still active? The flight school he got 99% of his business from lost its EASA certification a long time ago so wasn't sure if he kept it current.

And how dare you claim the exams are useless. We need to calculate VOR service volumes and plot coordinates from Mercator to WGS84 every single day at work.
Yes, I just called his office about a week ago. I’m planning on doing my medical in January or so.

I don’t know why EASA feels they need to have an equivalent to an AS degree for every subject. They focus East too much on their theory.
Who cares how many micro seconds it takes for a DME signal to reach an aircraft at FL360 600nm away from the station. And I absolutely hated the polar stereographic chars.
JohnnyBekkestad is offline  
Old 12-19-2022, 02:30 PM
  #8  
In a land of unicorns
 
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,401
Default

Originally Posted by JohnnyBekkestad View Post
Yes, I just called his office about a week ago. I’m planning on doing my medical in January or so.

I don’t know why EASA feels they need to have an equivalent to an AS degree for every subject. They focus East too much on their theory.
Who cares how many micro seconds it takes for a DME signal to reach an aircraft at FL360 600nm away from the station. And I absolutely hated the polar stereographic chars.

I don't know about you, but I often calculate the alveolar partial pressure in my lungs when in cruise.
dera is offline  
Old 12-19-2022, 02:48 PM
  #9  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: B747 FO
Posts: 606
Default

Originally Posted by dera View Post
I don't know about you, but I often calculate the alveolar partial pressure in my lungs when in cruise.
Hahaha… I try to avoid calculating how many calories I consume so I don’t feel bad for not going to the gym…
JohnnyBekkestad is offline  
Old 12-20-2022, 12:06 PM
  #10  
Line Holder
Thread Starter
 
Delta Echo's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jun 2018
Position: AFIS trainee and PPL trainee
Posts: 38
Talking

Originally Posted by JohnnyBekkestad View Post
Hahaha… I try to avoid calculating how many calories I consume so I don’t feel bad for not going to the gym…
Good one
Ok guys, am back as i promise after the call with EASA ATO easy-pilot . For conversion of CPL license to EASA , these are min. requirements :
  1. Valid (any) CPL license with MEP / IR rating
  2. Minimum of 200 hrs total flight time, including 100 hrs as PIC, of which 50 hrs X-country as PIC
  3. Minimum of 55 hrs instrument flight time, of which up to 40 hrs in FNPT II
  4. Minimum of one X-country trip of at least 300 NM with two stops at aerodromes different from the base
Prices start from 2.990 Euro -it depends of place where i will do conversion. As i have all of the above , i must go for ATPL Theory exams -13 theoretical exams. Very good thing is i can do Theory 100% online ,and for theoretical exams i will have to chose one of the exam centres where they have ( Hungary ,Romania, UAE Dubai , South Africa -Johannesburg ) . Reviews are in high level , also and Captain to whom i spoke is really professional . He explained everything well and there's entire team which will guide you trough whole process till the end .
For ATPL license holder's ( not frozen) prices are even lower. Process is nearly the same . Here guys i send you a link to look : https://www.easy-pilot.com/convert-t...exam-in-europe
Everything is well explained. And important , the ATO is registered normally and no problems with them . I can join any time ,so it give's me possibility for faster conversion proces ,not to wait next group or some date .
I hope this will help to someone, and if there's ppl's who have experience with easy-pilot , will be nice to write us some short review .
Thumbs up for future jobs!
Delta Echo is offline  

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Your Privacy Choices