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CFI / DPE Forum

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Washington FSDO

Date: June 21, 2022

Perry Benshoof, FAAST Program Manager

13873 Park Center Rd. Suite 475

Herndon, VA 20171

perry.benshoof@faa.gov

(703) 230-7664, x-3260

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Foreign Pilot License Requests

  • How to process?
  • Who can process?
  • What part does the flight school play?
  • Are there differences related to what country the person is from?
  • All start with a Foreign Pilot Verification Letter
    • IACRA or paper to FAA / FAA.GOV - info

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EU - European Union

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REQUIREMENTS

  • Language Proficiency
  • Medical Certification (61.39)
  • Knowledge Test
  • Flight Review (61.56) with endorsement from CFI
  • Night Flying
    • Must hold night rating on EU license
    • Or complete night flight training (61.109)
    • Otherwise Night Flying Prohibited will be listed on FAA Certificate

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European Union Pilots:

Flight Review is required and you can conduct the flight review.

TIP-L (Technical Implementation Procedures – Licensing) : page 36

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If they are pursuing an Instrument Rating based on their successful completion of the knowledge test, they must also have a valid IPC.

TIP-L : page 38

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Keep in mind the medical endorsement some countries use.

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Temporary Certificate based on EU guidance

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  • E. Medical Endorsement or Certificate. A person applying for a U.S. pilot certificate
  • must submit evidence that he or she currently meets the medical licensing standards for the
  • foreign pilot license on which the application for the pilot certificate is based (refer to
  • § 61.75(f)). Some foreign CAAs enter periodic medical endorsements on their foreign pilot
  • licenses that affect its currency (e.g., Germany, Austria, Kenya, Cyprus, Canada, Guatemala,
  • Trinidad, Tobago, Singapore, and Sri Lanka). Therefore, if the foreign pilot license must have a
  • medical endorsement to make it valid, an FAA medical certificate alone will not satisfy the
  • regulations. In cases when a medical endorsement is not used, a current medical license from the
  • person’s foreign medical examiner or a current 14 CFR part 67 medical certificate will satisfy
  • the requirement. If the person’s foreign pilot license shows a medical endorsement, the person
  • should enter the word “Endorsement” on FAA Form 8710-1, section I, block R, or the equivalent
  • class of medical certificate. If using the Integrated Airman Certification and/or Rating
  • Application (IACRA), enter the date of that endorsement in block S. If the name of the examiner
  • who administered the medical endorsement is unknown to the applicant because the foreign
  • CAA administered the physical, then simply state “CAA” in block T.

Some countries enter periodic medical endorsements on their foreign pilot licenses….

German

Austria

Kenya

Cyrus

Canada

Guatemala

Trinidad & Tobago

Singapore

Sri Lanka

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All other countries not listed in the EU guidance, that have a CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) which issued the pilot license, and are Member States of ICAO. 61.75

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Canada – TCCA (Transport Canada Civil Aviation) Agreement

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United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland

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I’m a former Afghanistan Military pilot and I would like to fly in the United States.

  • Is it possible for me to obtain a private pilot-foreign based? (61.75)
  • May I obtain a military competency commercial certificate? (61.73)
  • What hours from my military time may I claim? (61.51)

Conduct your evaluation and go from there.

Example Question We Often Get….

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The Matter of Blocking the Pedals….

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  • ACS: Commercial Airplane
    • X. Task B, Vmc Demo AMEL, AMES
      • CA.X.B.S4-
        • Increase the pitch attitude slowly to reduce the airspeed at approximately 1 knot per second while applying rudder pressure to maintain directional control until FULL RUDDER IS APPLIED.

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