Abagnale...Youīre right that is huge break without flying approaches/instruments! ATPL theory is long course! And that link posted by collautadore is interesting. I still donīt get it why EASA have to make flying so difficult for us who doesnīt have hundreds of thousands in a pocket but really love flying...of course everyone is thinking money it doesnīt grow in the trees...at least not in my tree

I save my money before coming here so I have no Bank loan yet but it will be because IR conversion/MCC/ATPL GS... and of course normal living costs for a year...but anyways Iīm really happy with training here...weather in alberta changes every 5min so it is challenging every time

and of course you learn a lot every time you go up! but I canīt wait to get back to europe

so much better place to live what North america is!! so that is the reason for my conversion....