If you hold a non-JAA ATPL license and have 3000 hours on multi-pilot certified aeroplanes (PIC or co-pilot) with maximum takeoff weight of 30.000 kg or more and have at least 1500 hours as PIC (Captain) on these aircraft you qualify for the exemption in the widest scope. Your experience will be evaluated on individual basis and conversion requirements will be setup for you by the Civil Aviation Authority of the state where you intend to do the flying.

(experience >1500 hrs on multi-pilot aeroplanes; including >500 hrs on type)

If you hold a non-JAA ATPL license and have 1500 hours on multi-pilot certified aeroplanes (PIC or co-pilot), including 500 hours on the multi-pilot aeroplane type on which you will be doing your final JAA skill test, the following requirements apply to you. You are not required to undergo a formal structured JAA ATPL groundschool training for your theoretical examinations and you do not need to undergo the Type-Rating/MCC training.

1. Hold a valid JAR-FCL Class 1 medical
2. Obtain a Radio Telephony Operator License
3. Pass all 14 JAA ATPL theoretical knowledge examinations
4. Pass the ATPL skill test – must be with or observed by a CAA Flight Operations Inspector

(experience >1500 hrs on multi-pilot aeroplanes; including <500 hrs on type)

If you hold a non-JAA ATPL license and have 1500 hours on multi-pilot certified aeroplanes (PIC or co-pilot), but less than 500 hours on the multi-pilot aeroplane type on which you will be doing your final JAA skill test, the following requirements apply to you. You are not required to undergo a formal structured JAA ATPL groundschool training for your theoretical examinations, but you will need to do the Type-Rating/MCC training.

1. Hold a valid JAR-FCL Class 1 medical
2. Obtain a Radio Telephony Operator License
3. Pass all 14 JAA ATPL theoretical knowledge examinations
4. Undergo and pass Type-Rating/MCC course in approved TRTO (Type Rating Training Organization)
5. Pass the ATPL skill test – must be with or observed by a CAA Flight Operations Inspector

(your experience not meeting any of the paragraphs above)

If you hold a non-JAA ATPL license, but you do not meet the minimum experience requirements described in paragraphs above, the following conversion requirements will apply to you.

1. Hold a valid JAR-FCL Class 1 medical
2. Obtain a Radio Telephony Operator License
3. Undertake JAA ATPL groundschool training at an approved Flight Training Organization (FTO)
4. Pass all 14 JAA ATPL theoretical knowledge examinations
5. Undergo and pass Type-Rating/MCC course in approved TRTO (Type Rating Training Organization)
6. Pass the ATPL skill test – must be with or observed by a CAA Flight Operations Inspector

If you hold a non-JAA ATPL license, but you do not meet the minimum requirements for issuing JAA ATPL (mainly the 500 hrs requirement on multi-pilot aeroplanes), the following conversion requirements apply to you.

1. Hold a valid JAR-FCL Class 1 medical
2. Obtain a Radio Telephony Operator License
3. Undertake full 650-hr JAA ATPL groundschool training at an approved Flight Training Organization (FTO)
4. Undertake modular CPL flight training course (5 hrs on complex aeroplane) at an approved FTO
5. Complete a minimum of 15 hrs of instrument flight training (5 or 10 hrs may be in a FNPT, FNPT2 or simulator)
6. Pass all 14 JAA ATPL theoretical knowledge examinations
7. Pass the CPL/IR skill test with a CAA Flight Examiner

1. Hold a valid JAR-FCL Class 1 medical
2. Obtain a Radio Telephony Operator License
3. Undertake JAA CPL groundschool training at an approved Flight Training Organization (FTO)
4. Undertake modular CPL flight training course (5 hrs on complex aeroplane) at an approved FTO
5. Pass all 9 JAA CPL theoretical knowledge examinations
6. Pass the CPL skill test with a CAA Flight Examiner

1. Undertake JAA IR groundschool training at an approved Flight Training Organization (FTO)
2. Pass all 7 JAA IR theoretical knowledge examinations
3. Complete a minimum of 15 hrs of instrument flight training (5 or 10 hrs may be in a FNPT, FNPT2 or simulator)
4. Pass the IR skill test with a CAA Flight Examiner

1. Hold a valid JAR-FCL Class 2 medical
2. Pass the JAA Air Law theoretical knowledge examination
3. Pass the JAA Human Performance & Limitations theoretical knowledge examination
4. Pass the PPL skill test

(your experience is <100 flight hours)
If you hold a non-JAA PPL license the following conversion requirements will apply to you.

1. Hold a valid JAR-FCL Class 2 medical
2. Pass all JAA PPL theoretical knowledge examination
3. Must meet the minimum JAA PPL flying experience requirements
4. Pass the PPL skill test