Pudoc I'm not sure that's technically correct. As long as you renew the IR at least once every seven years the ATPL exams remain 'intact'. Everything else you say is correct I believe. Many of us are flying multi crew jets at the moment on a foreign licence and are having issues, many with full JAA ATPL's, if we have not renewed the JAA IR within the last seven years, the powers that be mandate we sit the ATPL's again. Even if we're current on type on a foreign register. 7 is the magic number!