My My, the NPPL does tend to generate an awful lot of ill feeling and bile. The reason that I have no solo hours is because I do not have a class 2 medical. The reason that I don't have a class 2 medical is because my uncorrected vision is VERY SLIGHTLY over the limit. I wear glasses as do a vast number of JAR PPL holders, who I would not expect to fly without their glasses. What then is the difference? If my corrected vision is better than normal (which it is), why am I more of a hazard than the average glasses wearing pilot? This anomaly does not exist in the States, where I imagine the FAA would be expected to prove to a pilot that they are dangerous in the air. I am learning to fly for the love of it, and will earn my NPPL because of the love of flying (and BEagle's hard work!) and not because I want a career in aviation.
Don't assume the NPPL is only for geriatrics just like I don't assume that everyone with a JAR PPL is an elitist prat!!
