Originally Posted by mrmum
This is no longer the case, The ANO has been amended, supervised solo is only legal when for the issue of a licence or rating, once you've applied for a licence, it's dual only or stay on the ground until you have received and signed your PPL.
Either one or both of the above statements can't be right? The ANO states the following for both dual and solo:-
Flight crew licence requirement – Exception for solo flying training
52 (1)
A person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft for the purpose of becoming qualified for the grant or renewal of a pilot's licence or the inclusion or variation of any rating in a pilot's licence within the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, without being the holder of an appropriate licence granted or rendered valid under this Order, if the conditions in paragraph (2) are satisfied.
Flight crew licence requirement – Exception for dual flying training
53 (1)
A person may act as pilot of an aircraft of which the flight crew required to be carried by or under this Order is not more than one pilot for the purpose of becoming qualified for the grant or renewal of a pilot's licence or the inclusion or variation of any rating in a pilot's licence within the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, without being the holder of an appropriate licence granted or rendered valid under this Order, if the conditions in paragraph (2) are satisfied.
So surely you can either still do solo, or you can do neither - it makes no sense that you'd be able to do dual but not solo given the wording for both the above paragraphs is almost identical?