The NPPL is nothing more than a concoction from AOPA to get back to the real issue, instructing on a PPL.
The requirement for instructors to demonstrate CPL level knowledge comes from ICAO, the UK ignored it for many years but eventually conformed when the BCPL was introduced. If we revert back, how will the hours gained ever be acountable towards an ICAO licence if the instructor is not qualified in accordance with ICAO requirements?
There is no reason why a JAA PPL could not be issued on the basis of a "restricted" medical for UK use only. It would be a damm sight easier than introducing a licence that is nothing more than a confidence trick.
Let us remember the NPPL was an invention of AOPA; dragging the PPL into JARs was also an AOPA invention. Their track record is not good, they represent themselves, and a few others,not GA as a whole.
[ 19 July 2001: Message edited by: Noggin ]