Originally Posted by
Whopity
Most people with Military experience obtained a NPPL, converted it to a LAPL and thence to an EASA PPL, but that route ceased on 8th April 2018. The door is now closed.
I had a chap ask me exactly the same question as the OP, may even be the OP, and I said exactly this. The NPPL’s HoT Jon Cooke had reviewed a number of service log books for me and given ‘required training’ advice which we have followed and after NPPL applied for LAPL and on the PPL. The chap who asked me said he just wanted to fly recreationally at the weekends whilst going through training so I said an NPPL would probably satisfy his appetite to fly recreationally during his training.