I think one of the points that is being missed here is that the NPPL will NOT have more restrictions on it than the JAR PPL apart from flying abroad. Had there been more restrictions (ie you could fly with pax only under the authority of an instructor + you would be restricted in how far from departure airfield you flew -after their licence this is all many pilots use it for) THEN you could REALISTICALLY reduce the no. of hours for training and be offering a REAL bonus over the full PPL. Once you have flown restricted for a while you should THEN be able to do a short upgrade course involving IF and NAV to remove the restrictions, but this would NOT be compulsory and in the meantime you could still fly your mates. I have no objection to a NPPL, but lets actualy make it DIFFERENT to the full one with some REAL cost savings.