bcpl
cap 804 is often at variance with the applications forms- e.g applicants for an IMC issue on CAp 804 have to show 25 hours in log book post licence ISSUE. the form does not show the word Issue.
i would send the form in,pay the money, and if a CPL does not arrive,ask for your money back. if they dont pay- go to the small claims court.
the other advantage of course, which you will know, of the cpl is the exemption from some of the public transport take off minima.
i will have to do something with my UK CPL- i gather that i have to have an EASA licence before I can revalidate my FE rating.
other posters may have some concrete information on that if they have been the first ones to have gone down the re validation route
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