Originally Posted by
Hawker 800
You have three years to attain an EASA professional licence from the date of last exam pass. It does not matter whether it's an ATPL or a CPL, so multi crew hours do not matter here - at this stage.
An ICAO IR (current) will keep the ATPL theory credits valid for seven years.
500 hours on a certified multi crew aircraft will exempt you from the MCC course. For transferal of type rating, you must have 500 hours on type.
You just made my day! Do you have a reference for the 7 years rule? Just in case CAA UK wants to argue😉 Cheers!