Predictably this discussion has settled into two camps...
- The "over my dead body" people who had to do CPL exams in order to then do the FI and therefore think everyone else should have to go through the same pain.
- The "I'd love to do the FI but the CPL requirement is a disincentive" people.
There is, of course a group of people we don't really hear from and that is those that got their PPL FI rating before the requirement for CPL exams was imposed and were given a BCPL to keep things above board. It would be interesting to hear from these people whether the advent of CPL qualified FIs improved PPL instruction standards or whether it was really just an exercise in massively increasing the cost of getting the FI rating.