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I have to add that my brother paid these 12000 bucks in Germany - in Marks, The US addition of his licence was costing just a comparably small fee. Hartmut Hartmut wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > If I would be a terrorist, I would not bother getting a license at all. > For no vessel, ship plane or truck. > The licenses and picture ID's are only a hurdle for a law abating > citizen. > By the way, it USED to be easy to get a US license , based on a foreign > license. But when I did this with my brother , who held a German > license, we had to show passports and he had to talk english and they > made photocopies of everything . > My brother paid 12000 bucks to get it and it took him 18 month to do so > and in Germany you will have to bring a proof of a clean driving record > to get a license issued . And I assume they silently run a background > check on you anyway. > This is all because you have the nerve to fly in an aircraft ! > Silly people. > > Hartmut > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > Vern: > > > > Not quite true. > > You can get a private pilot's licence in just about any country with > > the only difference that it will be ICAO training and maybe cost you a > > little more because the cost of fuel and parts is higher. ICAO is not > > much different from FAA. > > The FAA will then take a copy of your foreign licence, which does not > > have a picture on it, and without as much as seeing your face, will > > issue you a valid US licence that says "based on a foreign licence" > > but with no restrictions on it at all. > > Heck, when I got mine, the flight exam did not even include radio > > communications or use of any instruments that a J3 did not have. > > So, if I was a terrorist, and every day I feel more like becoming one, > > I would not bother trying to get a US licence, I would not bother > > trying to hijack a plane. I could quite easily tow a drum full of > > explosives on the end of a long line right up to an offshore rig with > > my dinky little sailboat in the middle of the night and watch the > > fireworks from a safe distance... > > > > Alan > > > > ========================================================================== ==== > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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