A licence

[chigora]

Hi Engineers

Can anyone help me with information on how to get study material for "A" licence.

[ProfEng]

chigora

Check your PMs...................

[chuzwuza]

Dont bother mate. You have to study the same modules for your B1/B2 so go straight for that.

Good luck.

[ProfEng]

Many people may prefer to go straight for the B1/B2, and there's nothing wrong with doing that in the right circumstances, but let's deal in facts here; The B Cat exams include the same Modules as the A Cat, but that's about as far as it goes.

In the common Modules, the B Cat requirement for training and exams is Level 2 instead of Level 1 for nearly all the content, and there is additional content for B Cat in some of those Modules. There are additional Modules as well. All in all it is a far harder course with much harder exams, and is not interchangeable with Cat A.

Practical training, OJT and work experience requirements for Cat B are a lot higher than Cat A, as you would expect.

For all those reasons some people prefer to start with Cat A and stay with it, or then progress over 3-5 years to Cat B while getting the experience under their belt and drawing, let's hope, some pay for that.

It's horses for courses, and not something to be dogmatic about.

[Geezer7348]

Dont bother mate. You have to study the same modules for your B1/B2 so go straight for that.

Good luck.

Indeed that is very true, if you are a A licence holder and you wish to extend your Licence to include B1 or B2 you are required to sit the full Modules in all Categories relevant to the licence category sought, the only exemptions you will be given is you will be required to undertake a Module 7 & 10 Variant examination.

Further info on Extensions of Licences can be found in the ELGD in Section G.

ELGD | Personnel Licensing | Safety Regulation (http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=177&pagetype=68&gid=777)

[Dodo56]

I would echo the sentiments above. B licence exams cover the same material but are at a higher standard than A ones so if you only sit them at A standard you end up paying for 2 sets of exams. May as well take B standard and work to get your hours up.

Various sources of study material are available, here's one suggestion: www.part66.co.uk (http://www.part66.co.uk)