Cheapest route to fATPL...
Some mates were debating the lowest hour route possible for training. All being well (min hours courses), is this theoretically the lowest hour route to a fATPL?
PPL 45hrs (45hrs cumulative)
Hour Build 79.5hrs (124.5hrs cumulative), need >70hrs PIC, inc 50hrs XC to start MEIR.
MEIR 55hrs + 2 tests, total 3hrs (182.5hr cumulative)
CPL 15hrs + 2.5hrs test (200hrs cumulative)
CPL MEIR issued at 200hrs. My argument was that you wouldn't necessarily get any more P1 time in later training to be able to start the CPL (100hrs P1 required), so would need to have already got 20.5hrs P1 during PPL training. I appreciate the title is a bit misleading as it's not necessarily the cheapest as non of the 200 hours can be in a simulator. However, does this stack up and has anyone ever achieved it having done the entire MEIR in a/c?
Last edited by Okavango; 10th May 2010 at 20:39.