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Messerschmitt
Thank you very much ulys.
1. I googled MPL and it's a Multi-Crew Pilot Licence. How is that different compared to a CPL? Can any credit be awarded for getting an MPL (instead of CPL) with hours on a commercial jet?
2. The requirements under (b) are on top of the CPL requirements?
3. (c) mentions 50% credit for helo, but only for (b) which is ATPL, not applicable to the CPL pre-requisite?
Lastly, if the hours are cheaper, can I complete the PIC hrs to 100 fixed wing in Canada and then do a straight up EASA CPL(A) conversion, which would then only require the CPL MEP IR checkride?
1) An MPL is a construct that is used by airlines that train their own cadets. It has in fact some lower hour requirements that come at the price that you have to complete your 1500h with the airline you trained with. Personally, I don't see this is anything that could help you.
2) That is correct. The mentioned requirements under b) are required in addition to a CPL with ATPL theory credit and and MCC. But the hours from your CPL are fully credited. So after all you somehow need at least 250h PIC in your logbook, of which 70h need to be actual PIC and the rest may be PICUS.
3) Helicopter time could be credited as total time this applies to CPL (250h TT) and ATPL (1500h TT). But since you already have more than enough total time for either license this does not really apply to your case.
You could actually complete your 100h PIC in Canada and this is what I would recommend. Then you'd still have to consult with an EASA ATO and they would probably want you to complete some hours with an FI but then I guess you'd be ready for your checkride quite soon and could get the EASA CPL.
However, if I understand correctly with 100h PIC and some paperwork, you'd also just be 50h PIC short of obtaining a Canadian ATPL right? If I were in your shoes I'd lean back, get those PIC hours and the PICUS bureaucracy worked out and then convert the ATPL. This will be cheaper, easier, you'll end up with two full ATPLs and can pursue the European airlines with an ATPL right away.