have just seen this
ppl medical
which will appear in the next LAA mag. If I interpret this correctly my flying on a lifetime PPL with a medical declaration rather than a class 2 medical will require me to apply for an SSEAL rating after which time I will be deemed to be flying on that rating rather than the SEPL. Therefore the latter will lapse unless I take a GFT every two years as my SSEAL hours don't count towards my twelve for renewal of SEPL even if the same a/c is being flown
Apparently this change results from complaints to the CAA that pilots with a medical declaration are continuing to fly on a PPL and not changing to an NPPL. I wonder who?
Given that the medical declaration route has not been shown to have any flight safety implications one has to wonder why this was necessary. If the concern was the addition of other ratings to a PPL [IMC night and complex] an easier and more intelligable route might have been to require a class 2 medical for these ratings.
Seems to me this is going to drive a significant number of PPLs back into the arms AMEs and increase flying costs when we dont need it for no demonastrable safety benefit