For those who sat their professional exams prior to 1988, a pass at Performance A gave you blanket exemption from having to sit any other performance group exam aeroplanes when a new type rating was acquired.
Then a (ex?)C130 driver flying a BN2 with parachutists abroad suffered an engine failure very close to ‘lift off’. He attempted to continue the take-off without success coming to a reasonably rapid STOP.
Subsequent investigation revealed a lack of understanding of what I think was a Performance C aircraft abilities.
Rule change: Performance A no longer gave blanket exemption & the appropriate exam for new types was now required.
Might the PPL performance syllabus/exam now be ‘beefed up’ & a stand alone paper be adopted given the circumstances revealed in this Troutbeck accident.