JAA CPL\IR

[BUDGIE]

Can you do the CPL then IR without having the ATPL credits i.e. do them immediately afterwards? Or more to the point do 7 of the exams and then your CPL and IR then do the remaining exams? Basically can someone do all of the above before July 2002 whilst starting December modular route with a PPL?
I thought I had this grasped but I'm getting confused again so couldn't answer the question :( I thought they just won't get the licence issue till the ATPL credits were acquired but within 36months of the IR or it all becomes invalid.

Cheers
Budgie

[emu]

You can start the IR flying anytime. It wouldn't be issued until you passed the IR Theory (Part of ATPL Theory and not available separately at the moment I think). You could not start the CPL without having passed the CPL theory (again part of ATPL theory). I may be wrong with this as its second had info but to get both CPL and IR by 06/02 you would need to complete ATPL GS and 14 exams and flying which would be almost impossible. :(

[Matthewjharvey]

I know that all the current BA cadets have completed their CPL skills tests but not yet finished all the JAR writtens. I don't know if that is just a quirk of their course or not.
It is possible to do this all by July next year but will take much hard work. I started my distance learning course this July, passed all exams by November and have CPL skills test coming up next week. Hope to get IR done by early new year.

[Julian]

Seems a bit dumb to me having the IR theory part of the ATPL course! Needless expenditure of time and money...