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Old 6th May 2020, 10:10
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Originally Posted by portsharbourflyer
MSO - Mission System Operator - Essentially the non pilot crew member operating the survey / surveillance kit. Quite commonly the type of role done by Ex-Navs and Loadmasters.

EASA SPO- Specialised Operations - EASA category for non standard flying ops (eg: survey, surveillance work, target towing, oil spay etc).

There are standalone EASA CPL exams available but they give you no cross credit to the EASA ATPL Exams, so most find it easiest to do the full 14 ATPL . If you do the standalone 9 CPL exams under EASA then you will still need to do all 14 ATPL exams. The CPL exams give do not give you credit for the IR theory, so if you do CPL only exams you will need to do another 7 exams for the IR, where as the 14 ATPL give you credit for both CPL and IR. So you can see under EASA it is just as easy to do all 14 ATPL Exams even if you don't intend actually ever unfreezing the ATPL.

While you can add a FI rating to a PPL, you still need the CPL theory even though you don't need the actual CPL license (see comment above). Also a PPL without the CPL theory is limited to teaching LAPL (light aircraft pilot license) only not the full EASA PPL, Caveat that is how the rules stand in the UK , although EASA is supposed to be harmonised across the EASA member states , various national aviation authorities (NAA) still interpret the rules differently.

What a treasure trove of information.
I thank you kindly.

Looking forward to getting to Europe, I saw some Greek schools specializing in ICAO conversions. Will still do proper research of course before handing money over to anyone.

Regards.
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