Retain your prejudices if you must, but please accept that the level of training and the hours required will be more or less the same as it was for the pre-JAR/FCL PPL. The CAA are content and so are bodies without commercial interests in PPL training.. .. .I can't quite understand what your point is; this is a licence for those who wish purely to fly for recreational purposes and not for those who wish to continue on to night, IMC or commercial flying. It will also benefit those who have certain medical conditions which would otherwise preclude them from flying solo - and this has the approval of CAA Medical Department.. . . . <small>[ 18 March 2002, 09:29: Message edited by: BEagle ]</small>