"AOPA has proposed entry requirements and a training syllabus for instructors who hold only a NPPL. This has been provisionally agreed in outline. The question of remuneration for these instructors has not been agreed, but AOPA are pressing for this to be permitted strictly within a carefully defined club environment"
The idea is to make it easier for those who wish to become FIs, FI(A)s or CRIs but who would hold only a NPPL. However, there would be little reduction in the training required to become a FI(R), nor in the qualifying Skill Test. Existing microlight etc. instructors will not be disadvantaged by any of the new proposals. Whilst re-invigoration of the UK flying training business may well result, it will be difficult to fight off the predatory tactics of certain unscrupulous organisations located in other countries.