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Old 11th February 2014 | 17:03
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ATPL Certificate

Hi there!!

Currently, I have a Spanish PPL licence (EASA) and a Spanish Class I, but I'll be doing the theoretical exams in the UK, I've already done 8 of them, so I have a doubt I would like to solve with your help.

I don't know yet if I'm forced to transfer my medical records to the UK CAA or not. I want to continue my training in Spain but I've been told that if I transfer my medical records I will be forced to get the rest of the modules in the UK.
The CAA told me that if I want them to issue the ATPL licence I need to transfer it, but I don't want them to issue it, if that is possible.

Is the sheet with the results enough to start the CPL, ME/IR phases at any FTO school? Do I need to transfer my medical records in order to get that ATPL certificate?

I appreciate any help.
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Old 24th February 2014 | 12:29
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Can anybody help me, please?

I just want to know if there is any kind of final theoretical ATPL certificate, and if I must transfer my medical records to the country where I'm doing the theoretical exams.

I appreciate any help.
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Old 24th February 2014 | 14:08
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If you want to get your flight training in the UK and not in Spain,you got to transfer all your flying and medical records and saying all i do mean everything.All these are required for the licence issue by UK CAA when you pass CPL/IR.If you just want to sit the ATPL subjects under UK CAA and continue the flight training in a spanish FTO then there is no need to transfer anything.After every sitting during theory exams in the UK you get a paper with your passes and fails on it.Keep all of them cause they gonna be your proof at the CPL/IR school.There is no theory passed certificate at the end.

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Old 24th February 2014 | 14:09
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The CAA do not provide any such certificate. The only proof of passing the exams is the results letters that are issued after exam exam. If you require a replacement letter the CAA will be happy to provide one, but they will make a charge for doing so. So candidates should retain these for future reference.

Some years ago the CAA Standards Document for schools providing ATPL theoretical knowledge courses included a course completion certificate. But Standard Documents are only advisory and most FTOs decided that providing a certificate was too much trouble. So the idea died.
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Old 24th February 2014 | 16:26
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Thanks for your help, everything makes sense now.

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Old 25th February 2014 | 08:16
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Even the sheet with the results on that the CAA send you doesn't really serve any purpose. Perhaps a future employer would want to see it, but that's about it.

When they come to issue you a licence, they will use their own internal records for your exam results. If you wanted a licence issued in Spain, these records would need to be sent over to them, if you want it issued in the UK, everything else needs to be sent over here.
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Old 25th February 2014 | 11:10
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During my time as a CGI I always advised students to keep their results sheets for future reference. Some did and some did not.

During that time the results sheets served the following purposes:

1. When students had passed all of their ground school exams some went off to do their flying at other schools. Some of these schools refused to start the CPL/IR flying training without proof that the exams had been passed. I frequently had to produce "emergency copies" for them.

2. Some employers require written proof of the exam results. Although I stopped being a CGI some years ago, I still receive requests from past students for written references including exam results.
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