Sorry BEagle, should have looked up the details.
The rules are below, and I read them as:
A. If you have done all your training on a microlight, you have to do your 10 hours solo in an SEP. (there is a six month rule too)
B. However, if you do all your training on a microlight, and get a microlight NPPL then you only have to do three hours further flight training at a licencesed airfield.
It is an option I have looked at to offer, in effect, NPPL light aircraft training from an unlicensed field (apart from the very last bit).
Very best to all, and apologies to others for not knowing the differences between light aircraft ratings and stuff - I am a sport pilot, aka microlighter.
SECTION 2. CROSS-CREDITING LICENCES AND RATINGS TO NPPL (SEP)
2.1 Pilots with valid licences and ratings
NPPL (SLMG) or UK PPL (A) SLMG to NPPL (SEP)
The holder of a NPPL (SLMG) or UK PPL (A) SLMG who wishes to obtain a NPPL (SEP) shall:
a. Produce the NPPL (SLMG) or UK PPL (A) SLMG;
b. Produce log book evidence of having satisfactorily completed SEP differences training with a SEP FI or
CRI(SPA) in a single-engine piston aeroplane;
c Hold a valid NPPL Medical Declaration or JAR-FCL Class 1 or 2 medical certificate.
NPPL(Microlight) or UK PPL (Microlight) to NPPL (SEP)
The holder of a NPPL (Microlight) or UK PPL (M) licence without restrictions who wishes to obtain a NPPL
(SEP) shall:
a. Produce the NPPL (Microlight) or UK PPL (M);
b. Produce logbook evidence of currency on Microlight aircraft;
c Carry out such flying training in a single-engine piston aeroplane as is judged necessary by the SEP FI
or CRI(SPA) giving the training to achieve the required standard to take the NPPL (SEP) NST and GST.
This training must include:
(1) Not less than 1 hour of dual instrument appreciation;
(2) 2 hours stall awareness/spin avoidance training;
(3) Differences training for Microlight pilots whose Microlight flying has been solely on flexwing
machines;
(4) Not less than the 32 hours required minimum total flight time for the NPPL (SEP), which may
be a combination of both Microlight and SEP flying.
d. Pass the JAR-FCL PPL (A) theoretical examination in Aircraft (General) and Principles of Flight;
e. Hold a valid NPPL Medical Declaration or JAR-FCL Class 1 or 2 medical certificate;
f. Pass the NPPL (SEP) NST and GST.
For the holder of a PPL (M) with operating restrictions, the requirements shall further include:
g. The whole of the navigation training required for the NPPL (SEP);
h. The completion of a minimum of 10 hours total solo flying which may be a combination of Microlight
and SEP flying.
An applicant who has commenced training for a NPPL (Microlight) but elects to train for the NPPL (SEP)
before qualifying as a Microlight pilot may claim all those hours of Microlight training on either control system
undertaken in the previous 6 months as allowances against training for the NPPL (SEP) subject to the following
provisos:
a. The minimum requirement of 10 hours solo must be flown in a single-engine piston aeroplane for the
grant of a NPPL (SEP);
b. The minimum requirement of 32 hours of flying instruction required for the NPPL may consist of a
combination of Microlight and SEP training;
c. The whole of the navigation training required for the NPPL (SEP) must be completed.