Welll, I guess that going to the mainland every weekend could be pretty expensive.
If you mean going to the mainland only for the exams, I'm not sure if that's possible. In the NPPL syllabus it says that the training has to be in a licensed UK airport. So if that's true the hours flying in the island won't count for the minimum required.
Anyway it seems like the guys at AOPA (who by the way are helping me a lot with all my questions, very nice people) are not sure about this because the regulation is very ambiguous.
Maybe someone in these forums can help me, or maybe I should contact the CAA directly.
I'm so confused
