I would welcome the same medical standards to be applied to gliding as to PPL SEP instructors. Also I would like to see all solo glider pilots have the same medical standards as the NPPL pilots. After all, we fly in the same airspace.
Solo glider pilots
do have to conform to the same medical standards as solo NPPL pilots (DVLA group 1). Instructors have to conform to DVLA group 2 standard, the same as NPPL holders allowed to fly with passengers. Surely instructing ab-initios incurs a higher level of safety than passenger carrying, as even a very inexperienced student has a better chance of landing the aircraft in an emergency than a passenger.
After five years of gliding I have no issues with the way the BGA regulates our sport and think that the CAA and GA as a whole could learn a lot from us!
Al