CPL Preparation Program

PPL(A) + Night Rating + 100 hours PIC and PPL + ATPL theoretical 'online' ground course ✈︎ EASA + UK CAA

150 flying hours

€ 23,476

This is the total cost. Reduced pro-rata calculations will be offered if you do NOT need the full flight training package i.e. you already have some flying hours logged

200 flying hours with CPL(A)

€ 29,540

The CPL Preparation Programme is a phase 1 flight training package that qualifies for tax-exemption as a vocational course and is designed for ab-initio student pilots with little or no experience and aspire to achieve a Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL)

Upon completion of the CPL Preparation Program, graduates can be transferred to a Ryanair Future Flyer Academy having met all the minimum entry requirements including PPL(A), Night rating, 100 Pilot-In-Command (PIC) flying hours (total 150 hours), and with all ATPL exams passed. At the academy, students can continue their commercial flight training (CPL, ME, IR and AUPRT) under an airline mentorship, where the professional flight training modules will be delivered within 4 months according to airline standard operating procedures.

Fly EPT Spain has created a CPL preparation programme that is arguably the cheapest, most cost-effective and the fastest route to a CPL(A) in Europe.

Fly EPT Spain's programme follows the EASA modular route.

However:

Post-BREXIT, for pilots wanting a UK CAA CPL(A): Our PPL and ATPL modular 'online' theoretical knowledge courses are both EASA and UK CAA approved so upon EASA CPL licence issue, the conversion process EASA to UK is only 'training as required' plus a skill test with a UK CAA examiner. After which a UK CPL(A) can be issued on the back of an EASA CPL licence (as explained under third country licence holders here and here). British student pilots aiming to join the likes of Ryanair will need both a UK CAA and EASA (Irish) f-ATPL and this programme will facilitate students into a dual commercial pilot licence training programme

CPL Preparation Program delivers the: -

PPL theoretical 'online' ground school (100 hours study) EASA + UK CAA
EASA Private Pilots Licence (PPL)
Night VFR rating
Structured Hour Building program; minimum 100 hours Pilot-in-Command (PIC)
Total time 150 flying hours
ATPL (650 hours study for PPL holders) theoretical 'online' ground school EASA + UK CAA

The PPL and ATPL theoretical knowledge instruction is delivered online through our very modern web-based training (WBT) distance learning software platform, which allows the student to study from home, at their own pace, in their own time, around their own schedule, from anywhere in the world.

Initially, students are enrolled into the PPL online theory course and will complete 70 hours self-study via distance learning from home covering all nine (9) PPL subjects, followed by a 5-day brush-up course delivered over ZOOM (so you can remain at home throughout the entire ground course) which is scheduled just prior to sitting the PPL exams.

Students can sit the EASA exams at any test center in Europe and with any EASA examination authority. Our partnered test centres are in Luton, UK and in Palma de Mallorca, Spain

After passing all nine (9) PPL exams, the practical flight training is undertaken as a full time intensive PPL(A) + Night rating course flying in an impeccably well maintained fleet of Tecnam P2002-JF at our primary flight training center in Son Bonet Airport (LESB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Students can expect to complete the PPL flight training syllabus in a month, immediately followed by a Night flying course and the structured hour building programme. As well as in Palma de Mallorca, hour builders are also free to fly from Lisbon Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport (CAT/LPCS) where Fly EPT has a satellite hour building base.

Budget up to 3-months intensive flight training to include the hour building phase. If you can NOT commit to 3 months full time, it is possible to break up the flying into multiple periods of a few weeks at a time. You only need to be in Mallorca for the practical flying.

After PPL issue, while hour building, students will be enrolled into the ATPL theoretical 'online' ground course which essentially involves 650 hours of academic study covering all 13 theoretical subjects. The ATPL self study and classroom tuition (delivered over ZOOM) can all be undertaken from the student's home, which further minimises expenses.

For those also wanting a UK CAA f-ATPL, additionally, the UK CAA exams will need to be passed separately.

Upon completion of the CPL Preparation Program, after passing all 13 ATPL theoretical examinations and having logged 150 flying hours, students will have met the minimum flight time and academic requirements to commence phase 2, the professional flight training modular courses: Multi-Engine Piston (MEP) rating, ME-Instrument Rating (IR), CPL and Advanced UPRT, which should take 4 months full time.

Note 1: PPL as a standalone course is considered 'leisure' in Spain and will incur 21% IVA to be added to the course price. However, when the PPL, Night Rating and hour building form mandatory courses towards a structured commercial pilot licence training programme leading to a CPL/f-ATPL, these vocational courses now qualify for tax exemption as there is no VAT / IVA imposed on professional flight training in Spain.

Note 2: Providing students pass the FI Assessment of Competence (AoC), graduates of the CPL Preparation Program will be offered a guaranteed paid flight instructor position with Fly EPT Spain, either at the Palma de Mallorca (LESB) or Lisbon-Cascais Airport (LPCS) base. We encourage students to follow this pathway as it offers CPL students the chance to build up their flight time experience, and we highly recommended the FI route before joining the airlines as the first 1000 hours flying single engine piston (SEP) aircraft all count towards the 1,500 hours required to ‘unfreeze’ the ATPL. The remaining 500 hours must be flown on a multi-crew, multi-engine aircraft.

Enrollment

If you would like to enroll into the CPL Preparation Programme, you can start now by studying the PPL online theory course from home. Just fill in this ground school enrollment form and attach your passport copy

Entry criteria

To enroll, you will need to meet the following entry criteria:

- Minimum Age

16 years old to commence flight training.
17 for PPL application
18 for CPL licence issue

- Language

ICAO English Language Proficiency (ELP) minimum level 4+ prior to start of practical flight training.

- Education

a high school graduate certificate; OR
a minimum of 5 GCSEs (or international high school equivalent) at grade C/4 or above, including Mathematics, Science and English Language

- Medical

Be able to pass and obtain a Class 1 Medical certificate

International Student (Pilot) Visa

Student pilots from countries that are eligible for Spanish visa-free entry of up to 90 days, can take a PPL(A), Night rating and the hour building course without the need to obtain a student visa (as long as the duration of the course is shorter than 90 days). International student pilots coming from countries which do NOT qualify for Spain visa-free entry need to apply for a Schengen Student Visa.