As I have posted earlier it is imperative you know that if you are in my position (UK CPL, no IR and UK frozen ATPL) then the letter the CAA wrote to me confirmed to my horror that if I do not have an IR by June 29th then I will lose my exam credits, after that deadline I will have to resit the JAR ATPL exams and complete an approved IR 55 hour course, this despite me having in excess of 4000 hours and 250 hours IFR! At the moment I am flying every night so I can get the green licence before its too late. When I sat the UK ATPL exams 5 years ago they were supposedly valid 10 years.