Aha, well since you mention it Pizza.....as you say yourself it's not a rating, it's a removal of a restriction from one (instructor's) however it won't be appropriate to 757-wannabe as he hasn't finished his ATPLs so probably won't be an instructor. For a PPL there is no aerobatics rating nor any restrictions on flying aeros - apart from self-preservation of course. As you say it's not that easy to make sense of, or as I prefer to say it's a load of JAR/EASA European crap! N.B. Not having a go, but if you check my profile and insert 'aerobatics' between 'Tayside' and 'FI' you'll get my drift
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