xrayalpha,
Your ideas are indeed true and can be very efficient in terms of cost when you have something like a C42 Microlight and also a C42 VLA. Pop one of those nice blue mountain displays in the VLA for the instrument appreciation.
With 25 hours required for the unrestricted NPPL with microlight rating and 32 total hours for the addition of an SSEA rating, there is plenty of fat in the "theoretical" system.
There is also the added benefit of the cross crediting of JAR exams for microlight training.
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homeguard,
Surprised that a pilot does not know that the UK has a land border with Europe! The UK is not "an island"!
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BEagle,
Did you vote for anyone in the CAA?
You (the voter) did however vote for those people who set up the organisation and who oversee the operation on your behalf.
Exact same thing with EASA.
When you are allowed to vote for a UK Head of State (who will of course continue to enact UK laws using the French language) then you can claim some of the high ground.
Regards,
DFC