CodeToad, I need to correct my comments on the Multicrew Pilot License.
I had read the syllabus quite some time ago and was shocked how it didn’t cover the basics of aviation. I went back and re-read the whole thing. You have to have a JAA Commercial license first....THEN you pursue the MPL. The MPL is basically a shortcut in the system into the air carrier cockpit that the FAA doesn’t provide. I still think of it as a ‘cockpit assistant’ rather than a full fledged equal crewmember.
I just read it, too. Way too basic for someone working on ATP FO. It’s not even at a level we hire people to fly King Airs aircraft. *scary*