Concur entirely with BEagle. Like BEagle I work in the GA industry (albeit on the engineering side) and hear overall support for the NPPL, but equally strong concerns that it must be implemented sensibly.
I'm not a fan of UK AOPA either, and consider PFA, BMAA, BGA to offer far better representation for the individual, plus they're cheaper and do better magazines. But, frankly the problem with the JAR-FCL license fiasco wasn't the concept, it was the appauling way it was implemented, particularly by a CAA FCL dept who didn't consult or think hard about the consequences of the way they were doing business.
The new head of FCL, who was previously the head of GA department, learned at GA dept the necessity of consulting with everybody and getting full agreement. He seems keen to continue this previous habit, and we should applaud him for it.
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