Crikey Billy Bob, basically you can't fly jack poo on an NPPL then? They don't tell you that when you're talking about parting with your hard earned at a flying school the crafty sods.
B4, does that mean as a glider pilot I'll need an EASA licence? We have a motor glider at our club, we have motor glider instructors at our club, but the motor glider belongs to a syndicate and you can't fly it solo unless you're a syndicate member, insurance and all that.............you can do all the non solo training though........and before you ask there's a queue to join the syndicate.........
The cost at Saltby which is about 30 miles away from here to train in their motor glider is £75 an hour plus I think about £300 per year club fees, the cost at my local flying club about 6 miles away is £120 per hour for training in a C172 and it's a tenner a month club fees. So once you take petrol and time into consideration there's not that much difference doing it in a motor glider.