Hi Julian,. .. .Chris here. I never knew you had aspirations of being an instructor. Is Daryl aware of this? The thought is terrifying!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> . .. .I'm in a similar position to you, but I have not been able to see a way round the mandatory ground-school. My understanding is that you have to do 2 weeks of ground-school for each of the two sets of exams. This ground-school has to be run by a training organisation qualified to do (in your case) distance learning ATPL theory. They don't get the license if they don't do the ground-school as part of the course. I had a good look at those schools offering distance-learning ATPL theory, and I didn't see anyone offering anything less than two-weeks at a time.. .. .Sorry! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" /> . .. .Flik