CPL / IR theory exams vs ATPL groundschool
Hope someone can help, I'm a little confused.
I'm planning on starting down the long hard road of the modular route to fATPL, however I really really do need to take a 'pay-as-you-go' approach.
I can get some pretty cheap Cessna time through work and would be interested to know what the theory test requirements are for the CPL then IR, and how they relate to the ATPL groundschool?
What are the advantages / disadvantages of taking the CPL then IR exams separately? What are the differences between the ATLP exams and CPL / IR? Does anyone know how long this takes? I guess this can be studied by distance learning but does this have to be done in a particular timescale?
Told you I was confused...