Converting Canadian AME to A&P.

S.T.Aviator

S.T.Aviator

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Does anyone have experience converting a Canadian AME diploma to
an FAA A&P certificate. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
 
S.T.Aviator said:
So BigDog, what kind of metal you turnin a wrench on?
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Airbus A320/319, Boeing 757, 737. (Currently)


Boeing 727, 747,767, DC-8,9,10, MD11,MD80 (previously)
 
Nice. I'm in my final semester of college in the AME program and just
completed 100hr on a Bell 206. Next week , get to take apart a PT6. :nana2:
 
According to FAR 43.17 you can already work on US registered aircraft that are in Canada.

As far as getting your A&P in the United States you need to either have attended a FAR 147 school (Or school who's program is acceptable to the administrator[FAA] or have 30 months of practical experience.

That said call the FSDO in the area you plan to move and see if your schooling applies. Seeing as we let Canadian AME's work on our planes, I don't see why you couldn't. Though it is not the FAA I would be the most worried about. You have to pass a background check through TSA now (and when I say TSA, it is not the airline I am talking about).

As I am an A&P student myself (well really just a P student now seeing as I just recieved my Airframe license), PM me and I will ask my instructors what they say to prospective students who call them with the same situation.
 
Just a little off topic...

Polarbear said:
As I am an A&P student myself (well really just a P student now seeing as I just recieved my Airframe license), PM me and I will ask my instructors what they say to prospective students who call them with the same situation.
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How recently did you get your A?

It must be that time of year....
(Got mine yesterday, never thought a practical could go 8 hrs 15 min but they said that was fast for the school)
 
got it January 21. Mine took 8.5 hours, then another hour of filling out paperwork for the license.I take the powerplant O&P's in June and the written on my last day of class.
 
Polarbear said:
got it January 21. Mine took 8.5 hours, then another hour of filling out paperwork for the license.I take the powerplant O&P's in June and the written on my last day of class.
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SWEET
Gotta love the paper work, "The jobs not done til the paperworks done..."

Good Luck with the P, I've got mine at the end of this year (Nov/Dec).
 
Polarbear said:
According to FAR 43.17 you can already work on US registered aircraft that are in Canada.

As far as getting your A&P in the United States you need to either have attended a FAR 147 school (Or school who's program is acceptable to the administrator[FAA] or have 30 months of practical experience.

That said call the FSDO in the area you plan to move and see if your schooling applies. Seeing as we let Canadian AME's work on our planes, I don't see why you couldn't. Though it is not the FAA I would be the most worried about. You have to pass a background check through TSA now (and when I say TSA, it is not the airline I am talking about).

As I am an A&P student myself (well really just a P student now seeing as I just recieved my Airframe license), PM me and I will ask my instructors what they say to prospective students who call them with the same
situation.
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Thanks PolarBear for the info. I looked into it and found out that my schools program will most likely be acceptable as suitable formal education. What I need to do is take the course curiculum and my diploma(I graduate in MAY) to the FSDO office in Buffalo and let them evaluate it.
Once I get the approval I will have to do the written , oral , and 3 day practical test.

This is an outline of my program. Is it similar to the yours in the U.S?


Semester 1
Safety and Human Factors AIRC-109
Piston Engines and Propellers AIRC-110
Sheet Metal & Aircraft Structures AIRC-111
Tools, Materials & Processes AIRC-112
Theory of Flight AIRC-113
Aircraft Publications AIRC-114
Aircraft Applied Mathematics AIRC-115
Electrical Fundamentals AIRC-116
Avionics Fundamentals 1 AIRC-117


Semester 2
Turbine Engines AIRC-135
Aircraft Hydraulics & Landing Gear AIRC-136
Canadian Aviation Regulations AIRC-137
Hangar - Maintenance Procedures AIRC-138
Airframe Systems AIRC-139
Aircraft Solid State and Data Bus Logic AIRC-140
Avionics Fundamentals 2 AIRC-141
Power Generation and Distribution AIRC-142
Aircraft Instruments AIRC-143


Semester 3
Materials and Processes 2 AIRC-248
Piston Engines 2 AIRC-249
Rotary Wing Controls AIRC-250
Maintenance Procedures 1 AIRC-251


Semester 4
Turbine Engines 2 AIRC-252
Propellers AIRC-253
Aircraft Inspection AIRC-254
M1 & M2 Aircraft Systems Maintenance AIRC-255
Maintenance Procedures 2 AIRC-256


Note: A minimum C grade in all courses is required for graduation, but Transport Canada licensing and accreditation requires both a minimum B grade in every course and an absentee rate of less than five per cent.
 
Pretty much, I would have to see the descriptions of the classes to say for sure. To study for those exams I would recommend picking up Jeppesen's Written, Oral, and Practical test books(around $60 US) and if you can afford it, ASA Prepware($125 US) for your computer. They said our O & Ps would be 1 day per section(Though you only get an Airframe and Powerplant license there are actually 3 sections: Airframe, Powerplant, and General), but the Airframe and general only took 8.5 hours(split about 4.5 the first day and 4 hours the second) and could have easily been done in a day if I hadn't worked the night before(I work 3rd shift) and had powerplant classes. If you would want to come out to Rockford, IL to do the exams, my school takes outside students for the O & P's and I could help you prep for exactly what our examiner's test for.
 
Thanks for the help PolarBear. That is a very generous offer and I appreciate it. I definetly might take you up on that.
I know of one Canadian site that has Canadian and FAA questions
www.aerotraining.com but was wondering if you were aware of any other ones?

Cheers
 
not for the A&P.:( Us americans prefer to make money off of every single thing instead of just helping people out. Sad, but it is the consumer driven economy we live in.
 
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