Re: the taildragger differences issue, I’m trying to find out at the moment whether doing it on a SLMG/TMG counts for SEP types too. Couldn’t find anywhere in LASORS that said it didnt. LASORS did say that differences training (taildragger, fixed wastegate turbo, pressurisation etc) done on the SEP class does not count on MEP class (although I understood that differences training with a FI is mandatory for each new MEP type you fly anyway) Will let you all know if gatwick give me an answer.
Points like this seem like trivia in a way, but I guess you could come unstuck with insurance over a technicality like this.