Oh, one of my favourites!!
So, if Grommit goes to Ireland and passes all the ATPL exams with, say, PTC Waterford (first name that came to mind), or wanders up to Iceland, he or she could drop off the course, come back down to a UK RTF and use those exams for the grant of a UK CAA issued PPL?
Yet passing the PPL exams in Ireland, or Iceland (wherever) is not good enough for the issue of a UK CAA issued PPL.
The answer I hear from the CAA is that ATPL exams cover International airlaw, whereas PPL exams only cover National airlaw - which may be different from country to country.....but that's not a problem if, for some reason, you couldn't maintain an integrated course?
Somebody please explain.