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Expert: - 3/21/2007


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Hi.
I'm Brazilian and I have a Commercial Pilot License, with IFR and multiengine ratings valid in Brazil. How can I convert these licenses to FAA? It will be hard to find a job, considering that I am foreign? I am looking for any kind of job. Thanks for helping me

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Hi,

Your best bet is to visit an office of the Federal Aviation Administration near you to present your certificates and discuss with them the process of converting them to for use in the USA.  The FAA's website is www.faa.gov  and you can then use that site to scan the different locations of FAA regional offices and district offices.  Find the one nearest you and get in contact with them.

Best wishes to you,

David A. NewMyer, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
Aviation Management and Flight
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
http://www.aviation.siu.edu

PS  You might also check these websites for possible aviation jobs:

www.avjobs.com

www.avcrew.com

www.aviationemployment.com

www.aviationinterviews.com

www.aeps.com  

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Can advise people thinking about beginning and aviation career and espcially those thinking about an aviation university program. Can also help with aviation scholarship questions. I am particularly strong in questions related to starting a flight career, choosing a university flight or aviation management program, aviation internships and aviation scholarships. Also, I can assist with questions about airport management and planning careers and oveall aviation industry employment questions.

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Prepared In addition to aviation education, I work at a major university, I have worked as an airport planner preparing airport system plans, airport master plan and environmental assessment reports for the Chicago area in general and for several individual Illinois airports.

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