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
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