Completing ppl in USA

clownface95

Hi I just received my class one medical today in the post , I completed it in gatwick uk . I'm planning on starting my ppl and Florida it seems like the best option and the fastest . I'm just inquiring if I can use my Caa class one medical in the us to complete my ppl? Thanks

ProfessorPlum

Glad your medical came through
It certainly used to be the case that even if you had an IAA / CAA class 1, you still needed an FAA certificate to fly in the US. It used to be a 'student pilot certificate', and IIRC it was a 5 minute job at the AME over there. Maybe someone who's been there more recently can confirm.
Good luck.

clownface95

Ya I'm happy I passed , just I would of thought I could of used the Caa medical to do my ppl in Ireland but turns out I can't , so I'm just trying to figure out where I can do to do it .

phonypony

clownface95 wrote: »

Ya I'm happy I passed , just I would of thought I could of used the Caa medical to do my ppl in Ireland but turns out I can't , so I'm just trying to figure out where I can do to do it .

As far as I know, you can do it in Ireland. It's an EASA medical cert. Unless I'm mistaken, you can do all your PPL training here and then take your skills test with a CAA-briefed examiner for a CAA-issued PPL. Alternatively you can transfer your medical records to the IAA and proceed as normal. Google 'state of license issue'.

clownface95

Ya I'm going to ring up the iaa in the morning and il see what the story is ! I hope I'm not left with a choice of doing my ppl in the uk !

folbotcar

So why go all the way to Gatwick when you could have done it here if you intended on getting an Irish licence?

Anyway you can't use your CAA medical to train for an FAA licence. You'll need to do one with an FAA medical examiner. But you'll only need a third class FAA medical for the private licence.

That is unless you go to one of the CAA approved schools which train under the EASA system in which case your CAA medical is needed.

If you want to train in Ireland for the PPL, all you need is a class 2 medical which you can do at any of the approved AMEs listed on the IAA website.

So you've plenty of options.

Simon Gruber Says

clownface95 wrote: »

Ya I'm going to ring up the iaa in the morning and il see what the story is ! I hope I'm not left with a choice of doing my ppl in the uk !

It wouldn't be the worst option. Couple of decent schools up north.

clownface95

I genuinely thought I could of used the Caa medical over in Ireland to do my training turns out I was wrong , it's my own fault I should of looked into it more . Anyways back to trying to rectify the situation , I rang the iaa and they said I can transfer my Caa medical over to a iaa medical , I also rang the Caa today and they said it would be fine , and also they wouldn't be any charge to transfer it over . So hopefully if eventing goes smoothly it will all work out !

phonypony

Good stuff!