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If a pilot holding a US certificate wanted to convert it to an equivalent EASA (JAA?) certificate, what training, flight experience, and exams are necessary to obtain equivalency?
Does the process differ for private, instrument, commercial, ATP, and instructor ratings?
As @Pondlife states, this will depend on each member state's implementation of the EASA rules but I would expect that the implementations would be similar -- otherwise what is the point of EASA? (That would be a good question except it would no doubt be closed as being too "opinion based".)
I've added a link to the relevant UK documentation and marked this as a Community Wiki answer so that hopefully others can expand on this for other states and perhaps add personal experiences.
CAP 804 Section 4, Part Q deals with "Validation and Conversion of Non-EASA licences issued by States other than the UK".
I have no personal experience of this question but it is included in the EASA Flight Standard FAQ. The key point seems to me to be this:
The competent authority of the Member State to which an applicant applies will determine the conversion requirements, which can be reduced on the basis of a recommendation from an approved training organisation.
Therefore, the national aviation authority of the Member State where an applicant resides or wishes to work should be contacted for further information concerning the applicable acceptance requirements.
In other words, the exact requirements are determined locally by the EASA member state you live in and/or want to fly in. Perhaps someone who's actually been through the process could give a better answer.
