Whilst it used to be the undeniable right of every Wannabe to moan about the CAA, that's no longer appropriate in this day and age. The new attitude of industry consultation and willingness to negotiate is a total change to the old days. As an example, go and buy- for only £5 - the new LAS ORS book. It gives Wannabes everything they need to know about the requirements as it includes CAP53, CAP54, all the GIDs, most important AICs, GA Safety Sense leaflets, etc, etc all in on easy-to-read format.
I'm sure that the NPPL will help a lot of people to learn to fly in bite-size chunks gaining credit for whatever they've done previously. Plus it will also allow Day VFR flight to be conducted by those who would otherwise never have been able to. Those are the objectives I've been interested in achieving - nothing to do with gaining more income for my RF as we will only be training to JAR/FCL standard but will facilitate NPPL issue for those unable to meet JAR Class 2 medical standards. That isn't an advert as my RF has restricted membership - so please don't e-mail and ask for more details!
The only whinges seem to be coming from the "Mummy, Mummy - 'snotfair. I had to pay more for my licence than the NPPL holder will and I'll thqueam and thqueam about it until I'm thick. WAAAH" brigade.