BEagle, that all makes sense (god knows if I had half a second of spare time I would take it on myself) however it doesnt quite answer my question;
What about those who wish to do the full ATPL course (all the exams) who aren't in the bracket for the 'free' one.
Is there still a deadline of Apr 2012 for the military flying to count towards a frozen ATPL? (assuming that the RAF does not submit a valid case to EASA).
Im being purely selfish here, I have 1500 hours total. I'm not going to get 2000 and 1500 P1 for a long while. So that means the full bristol course plus an IRT at considerable expense to me - I have resigned myself to this. Do I need to be able to complete all of that before Apr 2012? Or is that deadline only an issue for those with 2000 hrs+ who want to get out of doing all the exams?
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