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surreal1221 said:
Truth.
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half truth

ATP? Yes

PPL or CPL? Easy

Expensive? Very

I have my JAA ground instructor and all I need to do is take a checkride for the FI and private.

Surprisingly, the weather didnt cooperate with me last time I was in the UK. :sarcasm:

Its amazing how many differences there are in training for JAA compared to FAA. Anyone in the states that complains about the knowledge required to get an FAA license should crack open a JAA study guide and thank their lucky stars.
 
As it stands at the moment they still need to convert their IR on return to JAA-land, which requires a minimum of 15 hours. I assume these plans are going to be more restrictive. A student now could just do a FAA commercial, go home and do the rediculous 14 written exams and then do the JAA CPL skills test and IR conversion. I don't know if they are planning on changing these rules as well. That would irritate me!
 
HeyEng said:
I am surprised this hasn't been posted yet...

http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/EASA_Rules_Threaten_Schools_199934-1.html

The gist of the article is that the EASA may require pilots who earned certificates in the states to basically "recertify" back in Europe. This could throw a HUGE monkey wrench in the foreign based pilot training market here in the states.
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I think that's been around for a bit.

When I catch up with the PM box full of messages and a number of reported posts which stemmed from 72 hours skosh of internet access, I'll have a peek.
 
C150J said:
"Irregardless" was actually incorporated into the dictionary and is considered a word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless
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A bad word. :)

From Miriam Webster:

Usage note:
Irregardless is considered nonstandard because of the two negative elements ir- and -less. It was probably formed on the analogy of such words as irrespective, irrelevant, and irreparable. Those who use it, including on occasion educated speakers, may do so from a desire to add emphasis. Irregardless first appeared in the early 20th century and was perhaps popularized by its use in a comic radio program of the 1930s.

Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.
 
moxiepilot said:
A bad word. :)

From Miriam Webster:

Usage note:
Irregardless is considered nonstandard because of the two negative elements ir- and -less. It was probably formed on the analogy of such words as irrespective, irrelevant, and irreparable. Those who use it, including on occasion educated speakers, may do so from a desire to add emphasis. Irregardless first appeared in the early 20th century and was perhaps popularized by its use in a comic radio program of the 1930s.

Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.
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Irregardless, it's still a word:D. Just kidding, touche!
 
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