license woes

Ed,

Since you have PP ASEL, you certainly meet the requirements of
(2). No doubt you have the flights and hours for (i) in your logbook.
Nothing in this says that the instruction or flight must be in the US,
or by a US instructor.

I have 2000 flights and 400 hours in glider, so experience-wise I meet
the requirement except for "three flights with instructor within 60
days prior to the exam".

part. Then take the checkride. I can't see that costing $1000, if it
does, you need a different club. Yep, you'll be out the examiner fee,
the glider rental, and a few tows. Nothing to do about that. But that

Tow and aircraft rental isn't cheap here in bay area. I wouldn't go in
too much detail, but let me put it in this way; I spent $500 on BFR,
and expected it to be an investment over 2 years. The license
disappeared in 3 weeks. My family wouldn't be too happy if I'm going to
spend additional $1000 on a license.

-Gen

You have two choices - surrender your existing US SEL certificate or
add a glider rating to it. It's pointless to try to get an exception,
which could take years and probably wouldn't succeed.

Only you can decide which is the most attractive alternative - pay the
money or shred your old certificate.

Mike

Hello,

I had exactly the same thing (as the original poster described) happen to me
a number of years ago.The Reno NV FAA office later gave me the impression
that it is not possible to surrender a US SEL? If this is indeed possible,
how does one go about it? -And if not, does anyone have experience/advice on
how much it requires to add a glider rating to the SEL?

Thanks,
Lars Peder
DG-600 "EE", Denmark

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"Mike the Strike" wrote in message
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You have two choices - surrender your existing US SEL certificate or
add a glider rating to it. It's pointless to try to get an exception,
which could take years and probably wouldn't succeed.

Only you can decide which is the most attractive alternative - pay the
money or shred your old certificate.

Mike

Lars,

Surrendering US ASEL is possible per 61.27.
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text...1.1.18&idno=14

Once you surrender it, you no longer have a US pilot certificate, so
61.75(b)(3) will not apply. Your application to convert a foreign
glider license will go through. Multiple FAA officers at San Jose FSDO
told me so.

The cost to add a glider rating to ASEL varies much depending on which
club you choose. Apparently, the club I used to belong is on the high
end. Some people say it's less than $500 in Reno/Truckee area.

Hope this helps.

-Gen

Lars Peder Hansen wrote:
Hello,

I had exactly the same thing (as the original poster described) happen to me
a number of years ago.The Reno NV FAA office later gave me the impression
that it is not possible to surrender a US SEL? If this is indeed possible,
how does one go about it? -And if not, does anyone have experience/advice on
how much it requires to add a glider rating to the SEL?

Thanks,
Lars Peder
DG-600 "EE", Denmark

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"Mike the Strike" wrote in message
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You have two choices - surrender your existing US SEL certificate or
add a glider rating to it. It's pointless to try to get an exception,
which could take years and probably wouldn't succeed.

Only you can decide which is the most attractive alternative - pay the
money or shred your old certificate.

Mike

1989 Private Pilot glider (Japan)
1992 Private Pilot ASEL (US)
1992 CFI rating on glider (Japan)
1992 Private Pilot ASEL (Japan)


You could surrender 1992 Private ASEL US, then request a private pilot
certificate with both glider and ASEL ratings based on your Japanese
license. (Presuming the Japanese licence is not itself issued on the
basis of US licence, and becomes invalid when your US licence goes).
BFR would continue to be valid. Of course if you're going to fly in the
US a lot, just doing the final few hoops for the US glider rating is
probably a better long-run solution.

John Cochrane BB

BB wrote:
You could surrender 1992 Private ASEL US, then request a private pilot
certificate with both glider and ASEL ratings based on your Japanese
license. (Presuming the Japanese licence is not itself issued on the
basis of US licence, and becomes invalid when your US licence goes).

Thanks for pointing that out. Actually, my Japanese ASEL was issued
based on US ASEL.. On its face, there is no indication that it was
issued
based on US ASEL, though. I may well be voided if I surrender US ASEL..

-Gen