As a sequel to the post on FAA Proposed Rule Making for First Officers, wherein it was
commented that a competency based training of first officer will be preferred
over proposed FAA rule of ATP as requirement with 1500 hrs for first officers, this
post touches upon the MPL or mutl-crew pilot licence .This was established in
2006 for airline co-pilots by ICAO. The MPL initiative was seized by
Germany,China,Phillipines, Canada and Singapore.