Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: anotherfool@hotmail.com (another fool) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Civil Aviation in Japan? Date: 23 Oct 2003 07:57:31 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 28 Message-ID: <44845040.0310230657.4cf536cc@posting.google.com> References: <44845040.0310181850.17e532d3@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.231.177.90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1066921051 13384 127.0.0.1 (23 Oct 2003 14:57:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:57:31 +0000 (UTC) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:6790 Michael Cash wrote in message news:... > >If you have a license outside Japan it is no good in Japan. You would need > >to get a Japan license. > > What's the deal with all the folks who go to the US to get pilot > training? I know they save shitloads of money on the training, but > does their license transfer sort of like automobile licenses do? Or do > they have to sit exams and take check rides and whatnot? Ok, based on the limited info on that web site... They will accept my flight training/hours in Japan. Basically I need to pass another medical, get a radio operators lisence (which would have some spoken japanese - ugh), and get my log book translated since they calculate hours differently then the US (and maybe this Japanese aviation law test thing they mentioned). Unless of course I feel like shipping a plane over here (or flying it here - or while I've won the lottery and become independantly wealthy hiring someone to fly it over here - about the same chances as affording my own plane) that is registered in the USofA in which case I would need to fill out the same sort of paperwork a commercial airline files. My guess is that for commercial or helicoptor licenses (which I think was your original comment) that the same rules apply - they accept your hours and training. You might be required to pass a test - and it looks like there might be a Japanese aviation law test but seems like it is a pretty straight forward conversion. It just takes (like almost everything else) a few months.