CPL/BCPL history
Thanks, Snakecharmer,
That's just the sort of information I was looking for.
Regarding those 'Restricted BCPL' instructors, could it not also be that these were people who;
a) looked upon their instructing as purely a hobby or passtime or
b) didn't want to instruct above PPL level or
c) foot the expense of getting a professional status that would not enable them to do anything they wanted to do but were not already doing?
Such people would be thus content to remain at their 'Restricted BCPL' status?
Back in the sixties, I knew an instructor briefly who spent most of his time instructing ATC 'flying scholarship' cadets on a PPL+FI. Then apparently, one day the RAF informed him that they now required him to have a CPL if he wished to continue training their cadets. He, however, had previously been an RAF pilot and had indeed flown for the RAF throughout a large part of WW2. Hence, he could not see the point of the CPL requirement in his case and packed the job in.
Broomstick.