Query,. . Mind you don`t fall off that pedestal you think you are standing on.. .The NPPL will suit a lot of people, especially those who cannot pass a medical to fly Jumbo Jets. Those with non insulin-dependant diabetes for example. As for pilots going nowhere, perhaps they have already been. The sheer cost of annual medicals with ECG is enough to stop some elderly but very experienced and competant pilots from continuing.. .Even pilots with the appropriate medical cert have been known to become incapacitated at the controls and, as far as I know, there are not hundreds of glider pilots making their last landing after already taking up the Harp and sitting on clouds. Solo glider pilots need only self certify.. .. .Mike W