PPL Skills Test

[eharding]

Thanks for the votes of confidence....slightly off topic, but by
co-incidence I got a reply from the CAA today regarding a
query I made to them a few weeks back regarding the NPPL
->JAR PPL upgrade - the reason I wanted to upgrade was
to do an IMC rating, and since getting my Class 2 medical
a month or so ago I've done about 10 hours IMC training
whilst waiting arranging the JAR cross-country and skills test -
I asked them about the 15 hours minimum IMC training criteria
listed in LASORS as being "following PPL issue" - was
this a JAR PPL, or would an NPPL do? - the point being that
if I do my skills test next week, at the current rate of licence
issue it could be a couple of months before the JAR-PPL arrives,
(during which time I'd like to get on with some more IMC
training, with an expectation of at least another 10 hours
or so), then I would *still* have to fly another 15 hours IMC training
once the JAR-PPL arrives - meaning a total of about
35 hours instruction...which isn't cheap. The bad news from
the CAA clarifying the wording in LASORS is that by "PPL" they
mean "JAR PPL(A)"...and that by implication any IMC training
done whilst holding an NPPL (with an expectation of upgrading
to a JAR PPL) doesn't count towards the 15 hours minima. B*gger.
So I'll be knocking the IMC training on the head for a bit...unless,
does anybody know, is it still possible to turn up at the CAA offices in
Gatwick at some ungodly hour in the morning and get the JAR PPL paperwork done
on the day?

Anyway....good luck to all those on the thread about to do the skills test...cheers...

Ed.

(Edited to say I went back and had another look at LASORS....
and the *total* time required after grant of a JAR PPL is *25*
hours...so maybe I'll knock off flying completely until the
JAR PPL arrives...double b*gger).