FAA to TCCA CPL conversion
Posted by Outside_Fisherman945@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 3 comments
hey, i’m a canadian student trying to figure out my plan and wanted to see if anyone’s done something similar. right now my idea is to go to flight school in the US and get my CPL (mainly because of the way faster training compared to canada, and also because i was gonna do training under part 61). then i’d come back to canada for college to study AME. while i’m in college i want to keep flying and building hours, so my plan is to convert my FAA CPL to a TCCA CPL once i’m back and then get my CFI so i can instruct and build hours during school. just wondering if anyone here has done the FAA CPL → TCCA CPL conversion and how the process was, what exams you had to do, how hard it was, how long it takes, etc. also curious if this plan even makes sense or if there’s something i’m missing
jet-setting@reddit
I don’t think the training timelines are substantially faster in the US. Maybe fewer waitlists, but weigh that against the cost of moving.
TCCA conversion advisory circular
This will explain the process. You’ll need to get a new Canadian medical certificate, and take a knowledge test for both instrument and commercial conversion. Both are only 20-30 questions basically covering the differences in procedure and air laws. And in Canada it’s just Flight Instructor (FI).
Also, I think Canadians can have a special form of student visa? Do a little bit of research there, generally all flight training for student visas on an M1 or F1 visa has to be through an authorized 141 course.
Outside_Fisherman945@reddit (OP)
idk i know a few people who went to flight school here in canada. they kept on saying how from november to march flights would get cancelled pretty often and wait times would get pretty bad too.
a few months ago i went down to florida and looked at quite a few schools there, a few of the part 61 only ones said to just come study as a tourist and take short breaks to go back home every few months. don’t know how i feel about that but they were busy schools and mentioned most of their students study that way.
thank you for all the info about the conversion tho, really helped 🙏
rFlyingTower@reddit
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hey, i’m a canadian student trying to figure out my plan and wanted to see if anyone’s done something similar. right now my idea is to go to flight school in the US and get my CPL (mainly because of the way faster training compared to canada, and also because i was gonna do training under part 61). then i’d come back to canada for college to study AME. while i’m in college i want to keep flying and building hours, so my plan is to convert my FAA CPL to a TCCA CPL once i’m back and then get my CFI so i can instruct and build hours during school. just wondering if anyone here has done the FAA CPL → TCCA CPL conversion and how the process was, what exams you had to do, how hard it was, how long it takes, etc. also curious if this plan even makes sense or if there’s something i’m missing
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