One thing - not so much cheap medical as the only medical which some pilots would be able to hold.
My earlier proposals to Payton et al. of the CAA recommended 'knowledge appropriate to the privileges of the licence for which instruction will be given' rather than 'commercial level' knowledge - yes, even professional A2 QFI aviators of HMFC who wanted to become civil FIs had to learn about the dimensions of the stripes on the streamers flown below a tethered kite, when to provide oxygen for the pax and how many cabin crew are needed in a Cherokee with 36 seats....so I do sympathise!
The real way forward would be for the AOPA instructor committee to work with the BMAA and BGA to come up with a proposed theoretical knowledge syllabus for agreement by the NPPLSC and for the ultimate approval by the CAA. But that will take a lot of time, I'm afraid.
[ 18 July 2001: Message edited by: BEagle ]