Noggin. Your reply is factual, but does not reflect the current situation.
1. You cannot do CPL knowledge – no one is running the course.
2. People keep telling me that the JAR CPL knowledge requirements are so similar to ATPL that I might as well do the ATPL course anyway!
3. The ATPL course will take 42 weeks part time (including 4 weeks full time) and teach me all kinds of stuff I don’t want to know about (see UKPPL’s reply above)
I just want to teach people to fly in a club environment. I never want to become an airline pilot. I belive there are lots of people like me who WOULD spend 6 months and £6k to get what they want, but will NOT spend 18 months and £12k.
Regarding the success or otherwise of the NPPL itself. Well, this will probably be down to marketing. Hopefully the PFA will take this on as they have the most to gain. If the NPPL fails then I believe we will see even greater drop off in new PPL training and a significant increase in PPL(D) training on the new 450 KG aircraft. We might even see a migration from PPL(A) to PPL(D).