RENEWALS, REVALIDATIONS AND CONVERSIONS

AFTA will help you renew, revalidate or convert a licence or rating.

CONVERSIONS FROM ICAO TO EASA
Applicants who hold an ICAO licence and/or ratings may now convert these to EASA at the Academy as follows:
Requirements:
Must hold an EASA class 1 medical for CPL and EASA class 2 for PPL.

PPL CONVERSION
To convert an ICAO PPL to and EASA PPL requires the following:

Theoretical knowledge (sit EASA PPL theory in two subjects, air law and human performance).
Flight Training: Training to requirement followed by a skills test

ATPL THEORY
To hold an EASA CPL or ATPL requires you to sit the EASA ATPL theory exams. This will take 6 months as a full time student or 6-18 months as a distance learner student.

COMMERCIAL PILOTS LICENCE WITH MULTI ENGINE RATING
Conversion of the CPL from ICAO to EASA may be achieved as follows:

8 hours ground school training
5 hours flight training on an FNPT 11
3 hours flight training on a PA 34/DA 42 multi engine aircraft
Flight test
*If you do not hold an EASA MEP rating and you have less than 100 hrs flight time on a multi engine piston aircraft you are required to do a full modular multi engine piston class rating.

MULTI ENGINE INSTRUMENT RATING
Conversion of the MEIR from ICAO to EASA may be achieved as follows:

10 hours ground school
10 hours flight training on an FNPT 11
5 hours flight training on a PA 34/ DA 42 multi engine aircraft
Flight test
*If you do not hold an EASA MEP rating and you have less than 100 hrs flight time on a multi engine piston aircraft you are required to do a full modular multi engine piston class rating.