FAA CPL IR curious about European Airline opportunities.
Posted by AspectJCH@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 8 comments
Hello everyone, as the title says, I've got my CPL and my IR and am currently finishing up my CFI and Multi add-on. I have a little over 200 hours of flight time.
I'm curious what the requirements are to become an EASA airline pilot, since I believe the hour requirements are lower and I'm a German-American dual citizen. If I could get a job working for the airlines earlier on I think it would be a great opportunity.
Please let me know if this is worth the trouble of converting my certificates and ratings and if it would even be possible for me to get a job. Thank you!
ltcterry@reddit
You have to do everything a beginner in EASA Land has to do except you already have Private and time building done.
All the training. All the flying. Ground school. All the ATPL written tests.
Apprehensive_Cost937@reddit
That's not even remotely true. It's training as required. They don't need to do a full 55 hour MEIR again, but just as much as needed to get up to speed with different procedures, more strict phraseology, and then pass a skill test. If they have 50h PIC under IFR (unlikely, given how FAA training works, but still), they could technically go straight to the skill test via the CB-IR route.
Even that is reduced from 650h to 400h, if you hold an ICAO CPL.
DefundTheHOA_@reddit
Bruh the US is your best opportunity.
AspectJCH@reddit (OP)
I absolutely agree but I'm 18yo and would have to wait 3 years to start flying for the airlines. I'm looking into 135 opportunities but figured if I could get a gig flying at a european airline before 21 years old I may be able to get with an american legacy airline quicker. 🤷♂️
johnisom@reddit
3 years isn't that long, especially 18-21yo. Plenty of flying gigs that don't require an (R-)ATP.
Apprehensive_Cost937@reddit
Requirements are an EASA CPL, with a multi-engine IR, A-UPRT and MCC (or APS-MCC, which more and more airlines require nowadays). In order to get a CPL and IR, you will also need to do the ATPL theory (400h of theory - can be done online - plus 13 exams), and an English proficiency test somewhere along the line.
Don't forget the EASA class 1 medical, that you should get as an absolute first step, as requirements are much, much stricter than the FAA ones. Initial one has to be done at an AeMC, which are pretty much only in Europe.
RaiseTheDed@reddit
To convert I believe you'll have to take some checkride and you will need to study for and take about a dozen ATPL theory exams.
Here's a post of someone who did it: https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/sabv8g/how_i_converted_an_atp_from_faa_to_easa/
They had an ATP and type rating, though.
rFlyingTower@reddit
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Hello everyone, as the title says, I've got my CPL and my IR and am currently finishing up my CFI and Multi add-on. I have a little over 200 hours of flight time.
I'm curious what the requirements are to become an EASA airline pilot, since I believe the hour requirements are lower and I'm a German-American dual citizen. If I could get a job working for the airlines earlier on I think it would be a great opportunity.
Please let me know if this is worth the trouble of converting my certificates and ratings and if it would even be possible for me to get a job. Thank you!
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