The Plan!
 

Hello all!

I have been reading the forum for a while now, but I feel now is the time to make my first post!
First of all, let me introduce myself. I am a 23 year old male, current holder of a LAPL with approximately 47 hours TT of which 11 are post test, PIC hours. I am working in order to fund flying and will be completing my training modularly.

I am now in the process of hour building, at my local flight school at £100 an hour (Which is fantastic!) But I am looking at ways to be efficient with my money, not to be cheap but to be effective, seen as though I am completely self funded.

Now I understand in order to have a fATPL I need to have an CPL, MEIR and ATPL exam passes.
My plan would initially be to accrue approximately 50 hours, then put in for the 10 hour conversion (P1 is P1 at the end of the day, and if it took me a little longer to change over, I assume I would make a saving by self revalidation by ensuring I meet the minimum of LAPL requirements - further to add I wont miss a month without at least one hour and a year without an instructor!!) On conversion I would put in for my ATPLS whilst continuing to hour build.

After some discussion and reading according to CAP803 I could effectively go into my MEIR (OR CBIR) at 70 hours PIC , then perform the CPL afterwords.

Would you guys recommend this? Or go for the traditional route of CPL-MEIR

Thank you for your time and any advice, it appears I am at the bottom of a very long but enjoyable ladder !

TSP

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I think the way you are proposing is the most cost effective way. Especially if you gain an CBIR via an IMC rating and then do a single engine CPL at the end.

I know of two people who did it the way you propose and they both got jobs flying 737's on completion. One paid 41 grand from start to finish. As for the other I'm not sure but I suspect the price would be similar.

If you do the IR last you do have the advantage of tackling what most people would regard as the most difficult (and expensive) flight test last.