PFA coaches are now proper CRIs and will have to revalidate their CRI ratings in accordance with JAR-FCL. A CRI is not entitled to conduct ab-initio (i.e. pre-PPL) training, so their main activities will be 'differences training' and 'conversion' training. The latter will be very useful, for example, in assisting a new owner of a specific homebuilt aircraft type with which a PFA expert on type would be very familiar.
But to be remunerated, the PFA CRI must hold a commercial licence; hence there is currently no question of 'expanding the PFA coaching scheme to cover NPPL instruction'. Nor do I envisage significant changes to current FI requirements being proposed by the NPPLSC whilst there is a plentiful number of JAR-FCL FIs already in the industry. As there is at present.
On another tack, how would people view the idea of a single 100 question NPPL exam for which there would be no credit towards JAR-FCL training, compared with current requirements?
One significant benfit of the current JAR-FCL PPL exams is their credit of 100 hours towards CPL ground training. But are they over-the-top for the NPPL? Or would their replacement be viewed as unacceptable dumbing-down of what are hardly particularly difficult exams, if current pass rates are to be believed...