I for one am not cheering. Did I miss the response to the RIA or was this just steamrollered through? For microlight pilots at least the change to revalidation is not a good thing.
1. It sets up a different regime for people flying the same aircraft dependent on whether they hold an older (PPLA) or newer (NPPL) licence
2. It adds cost (the equivelent of approximately 5 hours flying) for no demonstrated benefit
3. It adds a bureaucratic step which was not wanted by the panel of microlight examiners or the BMAA in it's response
