I was discussing the NPPL with Aussie Andy and others at one of Irv Lee's most excellent and highly recommended seminars yesterday. The consensus amongst those present, all PPLs, most of whom had held their licenses for a few years, was that the new licence would be of little or no interest, save perhaps to those who might have difficulty obtaining a Class 2 JAR Medical. Didn't the FAA introduce some sort of mini PPL called a recreational pilot certificate or something, which about 3 people bothered to get?
Of perhaps greater future interest was the possibility of EASA replacing JAA as the main aviation regulator for EU member states (bear in mind that JAA is not an EU organisation), with, perhaps, a return to mainly national regulation of non commercial flying.
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