Instrument and Initial Comm-multi. cert.

david2000

david2000

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Hi, guys i need some advice on earning this certification i have my pvt. cert. faa and my commercial inst. multi. from Mexico, along with B 737 200/300 rating, and 905 hrs among them sic. pic.(piston), imc, etc., what am i required to get faa certs? check rides??? or just get the conversion?? thanks
 
I don't know if we have anything set up with Mexico to ease the conversion.
Honestly, I would search www.FAA.gov.
You will probably have the answer there.

Good luck
 
If you want to obtain a commercial U.S. pilot certificate, you will have to take the IRA knowledge test (not the IFP). Then the instrument practical test (check ride). Then the commercial knowledge test, and then the commercial practical test.

You can obtain an instrument rating by taking the IFP without taking the practical test, but then you are on a dead end street. You would still have to take the IRA and practical test to be eligible to go for the commercial certificate.

The whole process is made more difficult by TSA requirements.

Depending on where you are located in the country, the process can be very confusing because people are not used to dealing with foreign licenses in many places. It is best if you can find a flight school that is familiar with helping people in your situation. They can help guide you through the process.
 
The short answer is that you'll need to take the written and practical test for any FAA license you wish to obtain, assuming you meet the experience requirements. Be sure to bring documentation of such to your checkride, including Mexican charts to demonstrate cross-country requirements are met.

If you are not a US citizen, you'll need to go through the TSA process (www.flightschoolcandidates.gov) before you can begin training in the US for your instrument and multi-engine checkrides.

Is your FAA private on the basis of an FAA practical test or your foreign certificate? If the latter, be sure to backfill any unfufilled experience and training requirements for that rating before taking your IR/Commercial checkride.

I am not familiar with handling foreign type ratings; one of the big US training facilities for such could better handle those questions.

I don't recall there being any agreements in place to specifically ease the conversion from Mexican licenses to FAA, but I primarilly work with people who have JAA certificates. As Douglas recommended, taking a look through the FAA website may help.
 
You can't convert a Commercial license, as far as I know. As stated, you will have to take the knowledge test for Instrument Airplane and Commercial Pilot, as well as practical tests for the Instrument, Commercial Single Engine and Commercial Multi-Engine. Look at FAR Part 61 to make sure you meet the requirements for each one.

If you don't need an FAA Commercial Single, you can skip it and go directly for the Multi-Engine.
 
ILS37R said:
The short answer is that you'll need to take the written and practical test for any FAA license you wish to obtain, assuming you meet the experience requirements. Be sure to bring documentation of such to your checkride, including Mexican charts to demonstrate cross-country requirements are met.

If you are not a US citizen, you'll need to go through the TSA process (www.flightschoolcandidates.gov) before you can begin training in the US for your instrument and multi-engine checkrides.

Is your FAA private on the basis of an FAA practical test or your foreign certificate? If the latter, be sure to backfill any unfufilled experience and training requirements for that rating before taking your IR/Commercial checkride.

I am not familiar with handling foreign type ratings; one of the big US training facilities for such could better handle those questions.

I don't recall there being any agreements in place to specifically ease the conversion from Mexican licenses to FAA, but I primarilly work with people who have JAA certificates. As Douglas recommended, taking a look through the FAA website may help.
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Thank you all for your help and recommendations, answering to ILS37R quest. i'm us citizen so i don't need to do tsa paperwork, and yes i did get my pvt. faa taken a faa checkride. all my piston flight time it's in the U.S., instrument and multi, the thing is that i finished comm. inst. and multi. which is only one exam for everything in Mexico.

Or i was looking at the regulations and i could wait for ATP checkride, i found out i can take the checkride with foreing comm. cert., but that would be 'till next year, because of age and hours. Thank you all.!!!
 
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