Silverfox.
Possibly a bit harsh considering his response to my last.I can accept the principle of an extended FIC course to compensate for less written exams. Having said that, even the current FIC instructors show a lot of variation in what they emphasise. There has to be a common core somewhere. Would people who did have all the writtens get a reduction in the extended course ?
However I will still take issue with the use of Private Cat aircraft. An aircraft used to teach members of the public for an NPPL is like it or not still being used to transport members of the public.
Unliceneced strips ? I can see no reason to differentiate between an aircraft carrying an NPPL student and the same plane carrying a PPL student.