However, as the license will stipulate that conditions and restrictions of the Australian license apply, and as the Australian license doesn't include CPL, the US license is a CPL restricted to being CPL for Gliding instruction ONLY.
The equivalent here is guess what ? - The same "license" as started with. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Newton Sent: Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:31 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] US License Ronald E Baker wrote: > For what it's worth I have attached scans of my US License. This was > issued at the Reno, Nevada FAA office. From memory it took about 45 > minutes to get it issued. They were very helpful! Cheers, Ron Baker. > PS The license was free, and I was not required to take any tests. Interesting difference in focus between the FAA and CASA: The law in the US recognizes that US citizens have a *right* to fly, and the regulation system is pointed towards ensuring that as people don't hurt anyone by exercising that right. The law in Australia seems to treat flying as a privilege which is granted by a benevolent Government, and the only reason you're permitted to get airborne at all is by authorization of the law. It's probably reflective of the difference between the US attitude towards Government and the Australian attitude towards Government, and the way that "rights" are treated by US law. I understand that our system is (slowly, slowly) trying to become more US-like in areas other than airspace. It'll be interesting to see how the two systems compare to each other in ten years time. Bringing it back on topic: Cathy Conyway's US pilots license is actually a CPL, because they recognized her instructors qualifications, and in the US system only commercial pilots can be instructors. It has no expiry date. I wonder how far she'd get if she tendered that license to CASA and said that because ICAO states recognize each others' qualifications she should end up with an Australian CPL? <grin> (and no, before anyone starts, that isn't a serious question) - mark -------------------------------------------------------------------- I tried an internal modem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring