JAA & CAA CPL
 

I thought until recently that the CAA exams had completely ceased. Recently I saw posts from Whirlybird that she was still doing them. That raises a few questions from me

1. What is the cut off date for these and if I haven't started am I already too late
2. If I have a JAR PPL(H) does that automatically rule me out of the CAA exams
3. What is going to happen later when the CAA exams have finished - will holders of the CPL(H) be allowed to transfer
4. If you have CPL(H) exams I assume you will have to do the CAA CPL(H) flight tests - is there a cut off for these as well

Does anyone think there is an advantage to biting to bullet and just going for the JAR stuff and having done with it. I know they take a lot longer and are more expensive etc but what will future hold for those with the CAA ones.

Dear Ravenx

>I thought until recently that the CAA exams
>had completely ceased. Recently I saw posts
>from Whirlybird that she was still doing
>them. That raises a few questions from me

whirlybird is doing the exams for the JAR CPL-H (restricted), see the CAA web site

http://www.srg.caa.co.uk/documents/s...helicopter.pdf

>1. What is the cut off date for these and
>if I haven't started am I already too late

31/12/01, and no you are not if you get on with it now

>2. If I have a JAR PPL(H) does that
>automatically rule me out of the CAA exams

no it doesnt, because as stated it is a JAR CPL-H you will be getting not a CAA one

3. What is going to happen later when the CAA exams have finished - will holders of the CPL(H) be allowed to transfer

nothing to transfer to, you will hold a JAR CPL and the restriction to UK aircraft will be removed when you forfill the criteria, see document on CAA web site

4. If you have CPL(H) exams I assume you will have to do the CAA CPL(H) flight tests - is there a cut off for these as well

no you do all the JAR flying as it is a JAR CPL

>Does anyone think there
>is an advantage to biting to bullet and
>just going for the JAR stuff and having
>done with it. I know they take a lot longer
>and are more expensive etc but what will
>future hold for those with the CAA ones.

i would do the CAA exams while you can, the JAR ones are harder !

hope this helps, please anyone let me kow if you believe this is factually innacurate

elpirata

Elpirata,

Thanks for that I've downloaded the PDF and I'm now trying to understand it.