my plan is to do a cheap ppl in a jaa approved school and then do my distance learning atpl's here in ireland. i only want to do the ppl cheap because i have a budget for my training and i want to be able to pick and choose better places for ME IR etc. i do not see what is wrong with this decision. at the end of the day, a ppl licence is the same qualification if i pay 10k here or 5k over there. i feel a good IR school is better that the most reccommended ppl out there if i can only afford to go all out on 1 or the other....