Cash Handlin
I think the CAA Class 2 medical is still available, it was last year when I took mine. If it is this is a commercial medical but I am not certain if you can then instruct or still would need a Class 1. I am sure I will be corrected or it may be worth a call to FCL Gatwick.
So in short to instruct unpaid I think it is correct to say you would need to pass the CAA CPL exams or the new JAR equivalents (the last CAA sitting I gather is in November), and gain a FI rating, and add a class 1 or possibilty CAA class 2 medical.
Add the CPL rating by completing the course and you can be paid.
Please could someone tell me why in the future potential instructions will wish to invest I guess £25,000 at least to gain an instructors rating, particulaly if this is not a stepping stone to a commercial appointment?
Please could someone also tell me why on earth a FI rating cannot comprise and all encompassing course at a realistic cost to enable flight training to be given on light singles. This is surely what the FI instructors rating for the NPPL should comprise. Why potential pilots should want to take a rating restricted to use in UK airspace is altogether another question!