If you had a "for life" PPL then you still have it. No change there.
If like other Europeans you had to renew your PPL every 2 years then only having to do it every 5 years is a great cost saving.
It may not be win/win but it is no change / win.
DFC
Please excuse my stupidity.
I have a CAA PPL for life, all I have to do is a flight with an instructor once every 2 years, sign the logbook and I am done,no fees to the CAA or EASA. According to the new proposals I will have a new EASA PPL for life but this time I will have to pay X Pounds every 5 years to the CAA or EASA. So please explain to me, Is it a win/win situation or a lose/lose situation?
Maybe you europeans were in a worse situation than us in the UK, I don't know, you might gain as a result of the changes but we are going to lose big time. I am not urprised that you can't see it but we can.