The NPPL is not going to save anyone much money, and for people with medical problems who can't get a JAA class 2 medical, there has always been other ways to fly...for example an FAA licence. Doesn't take much effort to do a bit of research on this.
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PS I'm all for scrapping JAA though. I'm no airline wannabe, but I do want to fly around the UK in a ME aircraft in IMC...which I can't do with a NPPL !