[R4D]

Hi,

Just sharing this in case it helps other UK PPLs who wish to get an FAA certificate based on their UK License. After a long search for an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) who does the paperwork and meetings via a Zoom video meeting, I received a recommendation for Jim Pitman. I found the process simple and Jim easy to work with.

https://flywithjim.com/admin-services/ -> Scroll down to Foreign Pilot Process

I have no association or fiduciary interest in Jim or his work. Just sharing to help others who like me may have struggled to find and engage an FAA DPE to get an FAA license issued.

Cheers

R4D

[Stephen3c]

Was he fit to issue you a license with out you visiting the USA ?

[Iceman]

A friend recently got his 61.75 FAA licence issued by virtue of a Zoom call with a DPE in the Boston area. The licence was posted to a UK address. This particular DPE charged $200, I seem to recall.

Iceman

[R4D]

Was he fit to issue you a license with out you visiting the USA ?

Yes, all done over Zoom while I was in the UK.

Sorry for the late reply!

[WalesFlyer50]

@R4D I was looking for exactly that but looking at Jim's website now, he only offers foreign verification 'in-person' which is a shame.

Oakland FSDO was doing Zoom appointments but has also stopped.

Looking for alternatives otherwise it will mean a trip to the states for the meeting

[2Donkeys]

It is my understanding that the FAA has essentially called a halt to not-in-person grants of 61.75 certificates now. If you find somebody that is prepared to do it, the chances are that (s)he didn't get the memo and you should proceed with caution.

[R4D]

Mine was done in Dec '23 online. @2Donkeys note (thank you) suggests remote options have been shut down , bugger!

[WalesFlyer50]

That’s annoying if they have all been stopped.

Boston FSDO states online that they only do Zoom meetings so I have emailed them to confirm if this works for foreign license verifications.

Looking in the forums here it seems this was also possible through a FAA DPE if one could be found in the U.K.

Anyone got any contacts please?

[2Donkeys]

Looking in the forums here it seems this was also possible through a FAA DPE if one could be found in the U.K.

Anyone got any contacts please?

There was one (Adam House), but I am led to believe that he like others have had their wings clipped in this respect.

[WalesFlyer50]

@2Donkeys

Thanks - yes looks like the FAA now stipulate video calls are not acceptable

I am hoping a DPE-FPE that is based in Europe can verify ‘in person’ to save me the cost of flying to the US.

But interesting I can find no DPEs outside the US on the designee.faa.gov site!

Perhaps I am doing something wrong!

[mpk]

What are (were) the advantages of this route given it can be done in the US right after arrival, walk out with interim licence, get (B)FR, go hire?

[GrahamB]

What are (were) the advantages of this route given it can be done in the US right after arrival, walk out with interim licence, get (B)FR, go hire?

Not so much an advantage, but a lot more convenient if your need for a 61.75 is to allow you to fly an N-reg aircraft based over here with no restrictions on where you take it.

[derekf]

I was in the process of setting up for zoom meeting however was advised just recently by that DPE that the FAA have stopped this route (which was introduced doing Covid).

I'm trying to contact Adam House to meet up with him in the UK (he's helped me in the past).

[2Donkeys]

Adam House is no longer able to issue 61.75s @derekf

[derekf]

Doh!
So nobody in the UK then?