61.75 piggyback FAA PPL can be obtained via Zoom

Peter wrote:

o get the FAA IR, you have these options: hold a standalone FAA PPL (or CPL), do the written IR test, do the oral IR test, and do the IR checkride – here is what I did hold a 61.75 piggyback FAA PPL, do the written IR test, do the oral IR test, and do the IR checkride hold a 61.75 piggyback FAA PPL and an ICAO IR, and do the written “Foreign Pilot IR” test

1 needs an FAA medical. 2 and 3 do not need an FAA medical but need the ICAO medical (typically the UK or EASA Class 2)

@peter, all these tests and checkrides – are they done in the US only?

@Ibra

2. Fill in the form [8060-71] linked below for the FAA, and fax to the number shown on the instructions :

A better method is to create an account in IACRA (iacra.faa.gov) where the foreign licence verification process can be done electronically.

An FTN (FAA Tracking Number) will be assigned once IACRA registration has been completed. The FTN will be required to schedule an FAA knowledge test. FAA Tracking Number (FTN) Frequently Asked Questions (pdf link).

An Administrative Pilot Examiner with the Foreign Pilot Examiner authorisation is also able to administer a restricted US private pilot certificate issued iaw 14 CFR 61.75. These examiners can be found at Part 141 flight schools which hold examining authority.

It is possible to complete this process entirely in the EU (there are two DPE)

It ought to be possible for any visiting DPE with FPE authorisation to administer these applications. The geographical limitation was removed a few years ago. FAA Notice N 8900.485 (Removal of Designated Pilot Examiner Geographic Limitations and Other Restrictions) (pdf link).

arj1 wrote:

all these tests and checkrides – are they done in the US only?

You can do FAA practical training in UK/EU, there are lot of CFI-I, for DPE check-ride it will in Norfolk or LeTouquet with one DPE in Europe, obviously you need to pay more and you need top notch aircraft papers & instrumentation ;)

Qalupalik wrote:

It ought to be possible for any visiting DPE with FPE authorisation to administer these applications. The geographical limitation was removed a few years ago. FAA Notice N 8900.485 (Removal of Designated Pilot Examiner Geographic Limitations and Other Restrictions)

You are probably right !

Peter wrote:

hold a 61.75 piggyback FAA PPL and an ICAO IR, and do the written “Foreign Pilot IR” test

Does this option actually give you an FAA IR independent of the underlaying ICAO IR?

Peter wrote:

To get the FAA IR, you have these options:

In addition to those a Canadian licence can be converted together with any included ratings to the standard US equivalent. That conversion does not require any US practical test. The flight tests for Canadian licences and ratings are simpler than the corresponding tests under the US or UK/EASA systems. As a bonus Transport Canada will issue a multi-engine land class rating, without a flight test, to any applicant who acquired the foreign equivalent within the preceding 12 months.

Airborne_Again wrote:

Does this option actually give you an FAA IR independent of the underlaying ICAO IR?

The requirement is that the foreign licence has not expired or been surrendered, suspended, or revoked. The ratings included in a restricted US commercial or private pilot certificate must be maintained iaw Part 61. The Office of the Chief Counsel can tell you whether it deems the expiration of a foreign rating relevant for the purpose of 14 CFR 61.2(a)(4).

I took a commercial flight to East Midlands last week and obtained DPE service from Adam House with no fuss, all the paperwork had been verified in advance. It was just nice to chat with someone who had all the experience and big picture take on GA.

Once the DPE has your documents they become government property, they go in a diplomatic bag and over to the USA on a CIA jet