Quick Questions
 

I was looking through the DEP at BA's website and I came across a couple of things that I don't understand. The first is that under the qualifications section one of the requirements is
'performance A'
what does that mean?
Secondly, one of the profiles stated that he earned his PPL followed by an instructors rating, after building many hours as an instructor, he qualified for a CPL.
Whats that all about?
Cheers
Richard :)

Performance 'A' used to be an exam required under the now superceded UK national licence. It was principally concerned with take-off & landing performance of jet a/c.

The topic is now included in the JAR exam system & is no longer a separate exam.


In the UK it is not mandatory to hold a CPL to hold an instructor rating & instruct, just to have demonstrated CPL level knowledge ie passed the CPL exams.

I understand this is still the case under the JAR system.

Using a PPL & instructor rating a person could gain the experience needed for a UK CPL/IR (700 hrs) by instructing then do an upgrade course.

I know you know this, Tinstaafl, but just to clarify: you can instruct without holding a CPL, but you can't get paid for instruction without the CPL. Not sure how useful this would actually be in practice. Obviously it was useful to the guy whose profile you're discussing, but this is the first time I've ever heard of anyone actually using a Flight Instructor rating without a CPL.

FFF
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As far as I'm aware (and ready to be contradicted) in the old pre-BCPL days (we're talking late 70s early 80s here), I think most instructors just had PPLs - it wasn't necessary to hold a commercial licence to have an instructor rating and get paid.

If this guy is fairly old then this may be how he got his hours....