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**DONOTDELETE** · April 25th, 2002, 17:36

Hi, guys. I'm a pilot from Spain and I did my initial training in the US. Then I had to convert it to the spanish license. I had to take 9 written test for the commercial license, 9 for the IR, and after I passed the flight test for the commarcial on a Bonanza and the IR test on a C-90 (which incidentally I had never flown before) I could take 9 for what's called the frozen ATPL. I can assure you that all 27 of them were very tough. A frozen ATPL is simply when you pass all the knowledge test for the ATP License, you are issued a frozen ATPL. When you get 1,500 hours, you can apply for the flight test, and if you pass it you get the full ATP license.
It took me almost 3 years to get the commercial, IR, frozen ATPL. I've been flying B737-300/400/800's for the past four years and I have a JAA ATPL.
Hope you guys understood all this.
It's an uphill struggle, but one that you can win.

April 25th, 2002, 17:36	#6
DONOTDELETE Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 883	Re: US to International Hi, guys. I'm a pilot from Spain and I did my initial training in the US. Then I had to convert it to the spanish license. I had to take 9 written test for the commercial license, 9 for the IR, and after I passed the flight test for the commarcial on a Bonanza and the IR test on a C-90 (which incidentally I had never flown before) I could take 9 for what's called the frozen ATPL. I can assure you that all 27 of them were very tough. A frozen ATPL is simply when you pass all the knowledge test for the ATP License, you are issued a frozen ATPL. When you get 1,500 hours, you can apply for the flight test, and if you pass it you get the full ATP license. It took me almost 3 years to get the commercial, IR, frozen ATPL. I've been flying B737-300/400/800's for the past four years and I have a JAA ATPL. Hope you guys understood all this. It's an uphill struggle, but one that you can win.