Originally Posted by
MadeleineCook
I have recently achieved my EASA ATPL(F)/CPL(A) from a very well known flightschool.
I started in January 2022 and completed in April 2024. This flight school actually advised me doing an EASA licence regardless of me being 100% English with no European family, saying there were “lots more airlines in Europe”.
Very sorry to hear you got such bad advice from your flight school. So you already got rejected by Ryanair? I guess keep your ear to the ground for Aer Lingus, Emerald and any other Irish airlines (maybe ASL Ireland or SAS Ireland could be options?) that might be hiring. I also know Wizz Air have been basing some planes in the UK recently, many of these are British registered (G reg) so flight crew need a CAA license but you could investigate if they are hiring any UK citizens with EASA licenses for any of their EU reg planes.
As for converting to CAA, you need to speak to UK flight schools that do modular training (so for example when doing ATPLs you could go to Bristol Ground School). I think the tricky thing could be is that it's not enough to just sit 13 ATPL exams and skill tests, you may also have attending classes and training at those schools to satisfy CAA regulations. I'm not familiar with the process myself but this is what I understand for doing some research.