Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
On Mar 16, 2:27 am, Austin Gosling wrote:
Hi all. I've been reading this group for a while, but this is my first
post here.

I have a US PPL, and I travel to Montreal frequently on business. I went
over to the Montreal Flying Club at St. Hubert last week to see about
flying in Canada. Evidently, under reciprocal agreements, I can easily
get a Canadian license. Basically all I need are a Canadian medical and
a short written test.

While I was there, I made a short flight up the St. Lawrence with one of
their instructors. I did all the flying, but I have logged it as dual,
but of course the tail number is a "C-....". The question is, what are
the rules regarding the time logged under a foreign license? Can it be
applied for requirements for advanced ratings on the US side? Or does
time in a "C-...." only apply for Canadian ratings?

Also, if I were to get a Canadian license, then a seaplane rating on it,
for example, would the seaplane rating apply for my US license? Can I
get both upgraded at the same time?

By the way, if you are ever in Montreal, I can highly recommend a stop
by the Montreal Flying Club at St. Hubert airport on the south shore.
Very nice folks and very well maintained aircraft. Also a very nice
little airport.

Regards,
Austin

Austin
Different kind of situation perhaps because I needed to get the Canada
Commercial pilot rating some 10 years ago. I had to take a Canada
medical, pass the Commercial pilot written (which was not nearly as
easy as the tests in the USA) and do some required dual instruction
prior to the check ride. The flying part was relatively easy.
BTW, I had an ATP and probably 16,000 hours when I did all this. As
always, Transport Canada is the final answer when it comes to their
regs and requirements. I believe it easier to get the FAA certificates
than any place else in the world. Over the past 50 years I've gotten
licensed in 15 countries for work purposes. Some were easy reciprocal,
nearly all required a written on their air law and an acceptable
airmans physical. Few required a flight check based on log book
entries and currancy.
Cheers
OS&B

I'm not doing anything commercial. I am currently ASEL, and plan to go
for complex, instrument and seaplane, which should cover what I want to
do. I'll probably do at least the instrument in the US. The seaplane, of
course in Canada (looks like more water landing opportunities than land
up north of Montreal).

Also, the folks at the Montreal flying club said they could set
everything up for me with the authorities. It appears to be something
they are used to doing all the time. They did say they would need to
take my logbook (a copy) to the authorities to check certain specific
requirements, mostly cross country and sim instrument time.

By the way, I am living in Germany, so I'm about to start the same
process here. A while back (20 yrs), I had heard that it was extremely
difficult to convert a US PPL to a German one, because a lot of German
students were learning in the US at much lower cost, and the German
schools were annoyed by that. We'll see how it goes now. I got the JAR
medical at the same time as the US class 3 to start the process.

Thanks for the information.