it takes a written law-test and a day of instruction in theory to get
acquainted with the system;
then get acquainted with the aircraft you want to fly, with instructor on
board, then take flight-test with examiner - every school has one, so no big
problem. should be done in two days.

flying down there is fun.
was there in july 2007
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...324BB9F38CA1CB
a couple of pics in a blog - sorry, german only
http://bushpilots2007.blogspot.com/

regards
wolfgang, loww, vie