To put my head on the chopping block.
I am sorry but I dont agree as yet that the NPPL is a good thing. On paper I will agree that it is. However I also believe that there should be more IMC / RNAV work in the PPL. I passed the PPL first time in 5 weeks in the minimum hours, hired a plane and then frightened myself silly. "I learnt about flying from that". Several hundred things after that.
I agree that you only learn by your mistakes...However as we are entering the season when an aircraft crashes every weekend for the next couple of months, then do we really need to be tossing around trying to decrease the hours to save 6oo quid.
Lets face it many of those at the CAA, The Comics that you all like to read and the miserable old gits - all you want to do is get one over on the JAR Regs. I personally dont agree with you, if it has to be said, and many have implied this, but not come out and said it... The NPPL is reverse snobbery and I am with Notice.
Nothing personal to anybody in particular.
I am all for increasing flying in the UK, however this has nothing to do with gliding / microlights and certainly jack all to do with road accidents.