CBIR-MEP type rating C90/100/200B - CPL

Iptamenos wrote:

Question is ,what credits do i get from doing the CBIR (not the eir)in terms of theory exams for the CPL.

Hi, sorry, to my knowledge you get no credits from the CBIR

Even 092 Comms (it counts for CBIR→ATPL but not sure about CPL?)

Ibra wrote:

Even 092 Comms (it counts for CBIR→ATPL but not sure about CPL?)

I believe Comms counts towards CPL only if it was a part of a full IR course, not CB IR. Although the OP says he has got an HPA endorsement so may count…

@Iptamenos, as it would be almost complete course anyway, I’d suggest talking to an ATO may be?
Plus it makes sense to pass ATPL, so if you need it later (who knows?) then it is not much more. While CPL was SUPPOSED to be much smaller in size, compared to ATPL, in practice questions “leak” from ATPL question bank (QB) to CPL QB, so you will be reading up most of the ATPL anyway.

Reportedly the European ATPL theory is about 1/3 bigger than the CPL theory – see e.g. here.

However any ICAO ATPL theory gets you the HPA credit, and the US ATP theory is much more doable. You do need a US CPL to sit that exam though (not sure about needing a US IR).

arj1 wrote:

I believe Comms counts towards CPL only if it was a part of a full IR course, not CB IR.

A pass in the CBIR Communications exam will cross-credit against the CPL Communications exam. From Appendix 1 to Annex 1 of Part-FCL:

“Para 2.4 Applicants for a CPL having passed the relevant theoretical knowledge examinations for an IR or EIR in the same category of aircraft are credited towards the theoretical knowledge requirements in the communications subject.”

However – at least in the UK – the Communications theory was previously split into 091 VFR Comms and 092 IFR Comms, with two separate exams. Since I did my CBIR theory in 2018, they have now been merged into one subject and exam named 090 Communications. I am currently doing CPL theory and there was doubt whether my pass in 092 Comms for CBIR was sufficient to cross-credit against the new 090 Comms for CPL.

On the basis that Comms is the easiest of the subjects, and to avoid any issues with the Licensing department, I paid up £91 and took the 090 Comms CPL exam.

None of the other CBIR theory exams can be used for cross-crediting against CPL theory requirements. Only the IR theory exams give credits for Met and HPL (para 2.3 of Appendix 1 to Annex 1 of Part-FCL).

Good luck with the CPL theory. I started in August 2021 and have my (hopefully) final three exams next week.

there was doubt whether my pass in 092 Comms for CBIR was sufficient to cross-credit against the new 090 Comms for CPL.

Depends on who you ask, DGAC was happy with CBIR092 done in UK to count for ATPL