Direct EASA approved CPL/IR ATOs in UK
I understand that a number of schools have direct EASA approvals so that they can continue to offer training for the EASA CPL/MEP/IR in the U.K.
Question is - where do they conduct the IR Skill test?
My understanding is that is has to be done in an EASA state. So how do the likes of Stapleford, Aeros, L3 etc do this? Does it mean taking the test in unfamiliar airspace?
They are in the same position as the likes of Oxford and CTC used to be in, doing most of the course in Arizona / NZ, but then they had to return to the (at the time EASA) U.K. to do the IR.