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This section gives you information on what academics you need to achieve to obtain a professional pilots licence in the UK. This includes Commercial Pilots Licence (CPL), Instrument Rating (IR) and Airline Transport Pilots Licence (ATPL). It covers Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) in easy to understand and basic format, however, for more detailed information you can download the full documents from the Joint Aviation Authority (JAA). There is also a list of recommended schools and their contact details available on the Forum.

JAR-FCL Question Bank available (6000+) See services on offer.

Theoretical knowledge/examinations:

JAR states that you must follow a structured course of study. Gone are the days when you could borrow someone else's notes and just register to sit the examinations. Correspondence courses have been replaced by distance learning with a lot of involvement from the training provider. JAR suggests a guideline of between 650 and 750 hours of structured study to complete the course, a substantial proportion of which can be via this distance learning. This does mean an increase in cost. General JAR rules as follows:

14 Exam subjects (listed below) to be passed within 18 months of the first pass.
Maximum of 6 sittings.
No more than 4 attempts at any one subject.
Valid for 36 months from date of full pass.
If holding a JAA CPL/IR then pass at ATPL(A) level valid for 7 years from date of IR.

List of examination papers:

JAA Paper 1     Aviation Law & Procedures
JAA Paper 2     Aircraft General Knowledge - Airframes/Systems/Powerplant
JAA Paper 3     Aircraft General Knowledge - Instruments/Electronics
JAA Paper 4     Mass & Balance
JAA Paper 5     Performance
JAA Paper 6     Flight Planning and Monitoring
JAA Paper 7     Human Performance and Limitations
JAA Paper 8     Meteorology
JAA Paper 9     Navigation - General Navigation
JAA Paper 10   Navigation - Radio Navigation
JAA Paper 11   Operational Procedures
JAA Paper 12   Principles of Flight
JAA Paper 13   Communications - VFR
JAA Paper 14   Communications - IFR

JAR-FCL Question Bank available (6000+) See services on offer.

Exemption for qualified military pilots:

JAR-FCL (Flight Crew Licencing) permits UK military pilots who have completed both formal flying training and Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) training, and who are suitably experienced, to be credited with relevant requirements of JAR licences and ratings. A qualified service pilot (QSP) may apply for a JAR professional pilot licence at any stage in his/her Service career subject to meeting the requirements of JAR-FCL 1 in full. Appropriate flying credits will be applied by the CAA to QSPs who have completed recognised asymmetric flying training and/or who are in current flying practice. However, an individual seeking a licence without meeting the qualifying criteria for military accreditation will be required to demonstrate the appropriate level of theoretical knowledge by passing all 14 JAR examination papers covering the ATPL(A) syllabus. To this end multi-engine (ME) pilots will generally gain more credits than fast jet (FJ) pilots.

To qualify for credits under the military accreditation scheme pilots must have a minimum of 2000 total flying hours on military aircraft, of which 1500 hours must be Pilot in Command (max 500 PIC U/S/Co-pilot P1) of fixed wing aircraft. Those pilots who have completed a recognised ME OCU and who can show 1500 hours PIC on approved ME aircraft will be considered for accreditation as experienced ME pilots. Note; Tornado, Jaguar and Eurofighter do NOT count as approved ME aircraft. Those pilots not meeting the ME criteria in full, but who are otherwise eligible, will also be accredited but to a lesser degree.

Pilot Category	JAR Credits	JAR Exam requirements	Additional requirements
ME	Papers 2-14	Paper1 - Aviation Law & Procedures	Nil
FJ	Papers 2,3,6-10,12-14	Paper 1 - Aviation Law & Procedures Paper 4 - Mass & Balance Paper 5 - Performance Paper 11- Operational Procedures	Military Bridging Package

Military Bridging Package. In certain subject areas military theoretical training fails to meet the level of equivalency required by the CAA. In order to secure credit from the source JAR exams it has been agreed that these topics should form the basis of a Military Bridging Package. Testing of subject matter will be undertaken by the same training providers as those who teach the material for these source papers and verification will made via a course completion certificate.

Source JAR Examination	Bridging Package Topic
Paper 2 - Airframes/Systems/Powerplant Paper 3 - Instruments/Electronics Paper 3 - Instruments/Electronics Paper 10 - Radio Navigation Paper 10 - Radio Navigation Paper 10 - Radio Navigation Paper 12 - Principles of Flight	Emergency Equipment AFCS Warning & Recording Microwave Landing System Airborne Weather Radar Area Navigation Systems Asymmetric Theory

Military Rotary Wing credits go to:http://www.tgda.gov.uk/CAA_Accreditation/htmlfiles/GeneralInfoRW.htm

Costs for Ground Examinations: (this may vary and the figures below are not updated)

JAR CPL & ATPL Theoretical knowledge £52 per paper

Any other ground exams £39 per paper

Duplicate or replacement exam result £21

Re-mark £21

Please note that schools will have different charges for the distance learning and classroom phases.

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