Originally Posted by
Fl1ingfrog
We need to go back a mere 20 - 22 years from now, before the period to which you refer.
I got my PPL in 1999, a lifetime CAA licence not a JAR licence although I believe I did the JAR syllabus. The allowance was 10% of my gliding PIC time up to a maximum of 10 hours. I've found a 2008 copy of LASORS which says the same. The NPPL with SSEA upgrade merely required the pilot to have enough PIC & PUT time to cover the JAR PPL minimum dual & solo requirements, including the cross country, exams and JAR skill test. I guess that makes sense as the NPPL SSEA course was flown with a JAR instructor & taking the JAR exams.