EASA licence for U.K. national with PPL
I have a student with a U.K. PPL who has passed all the ATPL exams with Austro Control and wants to continue to get a EASA CPL/IR.
Reason is that even if living and working in the U.K. what if they end up working for an airline which requires an EASA licence.
As a first step, can they apply and get an EASA licence as a PPL? Or should they wait until they have completed all training and then just supply logbook hours, exam and skill test passes, and their now ICAO PPL, and supply medical records, so get a CPL/IR?
Student has a Class 1 which was EASA but now is not, so could they do a “new” Class 1 with an EASA examiner say with IAA authorisation and in effect create a medical record from scratch rather than doing a transfer?