CPl/ATPL still confused with number of exams
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CPl/ATPL still confused with number of exams
So im still confused maybe because each country is different or maybe its not.
For your PPL its 7 exams and if you just want to do your CPL and not ATPL how many exams is it then for CPL? 9 exams????
Now lets say you done your PPL and want to get your ATPL ive heard the CPL stuff and exams is included in the ATPL course making it a total of 14 exams at the end. making it a total of 21 exams though out your 2 years of training.
true or false.
any information would be great thanks.
safe flying
For your PPL its 7 exams and if you just want to do your CPL and not ATPL how many exams is it then for CPL? 9 exams????
Now lets say you done your PPL and want to get your ATPL ive heard the CPL stuff and exams is included in the ATPL course making it a total of 14 exams at the end. making it a total of 21 exams though out your 2 years of training.
true or false.
any information would be great thanks.
safe flying
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Once you have your PPL, forget its exams. If you're going JAA modular you need a PPL (although any ICAO PPL is ok, so you could do an FAA course and take just the 1 exam).
CPL by itself is 9, IR by itself is 7, ATPL is 14. CPL+IR is actually only 15 because HPL at IR level is credited for CPL.
You could always go integrated, then you wouldn't have to do the PPL exams at all
CPL by itself is 9, IR by itself is 7, ATPL is 14. CPL+IR is actually only 15 because HPL at IR level is credited for CPL.
You could always go integrated, then you wouldn't have to do the PPL exams at all
Different regions have different exam requirements. It all depends on what the local authority/department/administration has decided they want to have. In some cases a higher level licence's exam(s) can be sat instead of a lower licences exams, in other cases that's not allowed. It largely depends on exam content
FAA: One exam per licence. You would typically do a PPL exam, then a CPL exam and finally an ATP exam.
Australia: Has varied over the years. In the early '80s it was PPL=4 (Basic Aeronautical Knowledge + Nav, Met & Law only after BAK was done), CPL=6, ATPL=4. CPLs could replace 3 of the PPL exams but ATPL content was too different & didn't cover a lot of CPL stuff so couldn't be used as a PPL or CPL subsitute.
Later Oz changed PPL to BAK + a single combined exam; CPL to 7 exams (original 6 as multi choice + a written final exam) and later again to a single exam; and ATP to a single combined exam.
Now they've gone back to multiple exams for some licences. Still the same crediting process though: CPL is OK for PPL but ATPL stands alone.
UK: UK used to have a number of exams for PPL (4?), more exams for CPL(was it 6 or 8 or something? Dunno - I did a UK ATPL after my foreign ATPLs) & 14 for ATPL. ATPL could sub for CPL *and* IR exams because a lot of the content was similar, so that's what most people did. To do otherwise meant doing the CPL & IR exams and then later having to do the ATPL exams prior to being able to upgrade to an ATPL.
JAR: Similar to UK
FAA: One exam per licence. You would typically do a PPL exam, then a CPL exam and finally an ATP exam.
Australia: Has varied over the years. In the early '80s it was PPL=4 (Basic Aeronautical Knowledge + Nav, Met & Law only after BAK was done), CPL=6, ATPL=4. CPLs could replace 3 of the PPL exams but ATPL content was too different & didn't cover a lot of CPL stuff so couldn't be used as a PPL or CPL subsitute.
Later Oz changed PPL to BAK + a single combined exam; CPL to 7 exams (original 6 as multi choice + a written final exam) and later again to a single exam; and ATP to a single combined exam.
Now they've gone back to multiple exams for some licences. Still the same crediting process though: CPL is OK for PPL but ATPL stands alone.
UK: UK used to have a number of exams for PPL (4?), more exams for CPL(was it 6 or 8 or something? Dunno - I did a UK ATPL after my foreign ATPLs) & 14 for ATPL. ATPL could sub for CPL *and* IR exams because a lot of the content was similar, so that's what most people did. To do otherwise meant doing the CPL & IR exams and then later having to do the ATPL exams prior to being able to upgrade to an ATPL.
JAR: Similar to UK
