Modular (or 'self improver') vs Integrated is the UK equivalent of Part 61 vs 141. Typically an Integrated student will go from 0 hours to a commercial licence, instrument rating, ATPL theory exams completed and, increasingly, complete a multi crew cooperation course (MCC) rather than the US way one can do, say, a Part141 PPL somewhere then do a Part 141 iinstrument rating elsewhere.
They use the term 'frozen ATPL' for that CPL/IR/ATPL theory but it's a complete misnomer. It's no more an ATPL - frozen, liquid, gaseous or whatever - than a Private Licence with passes in the commercial exams is a 'frozen CPL', or a Student Licence holder with a pass in the PPL exams has a 'frozen PPL'.
Last edited by Tinstaafl; 4th August 2012 at 02:36.