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Old 5th Jul 2011, 09:36
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pulse1
 
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Personally, unless you have an age/medical issue, I would advise that you go for the PPL. The actual cost of getting it is no different to the NPPL. Once you have your PPL and have a better idea of what you want to do and, more importantly, will see exactly what kind of mess EASA has left us in, you can easily downgrade but will always have a full lifetime PPL which can be re-validated at any time with the equivalent of the Class 2 medical.

In other words, keep your options open as long as you can. In aviation, as in life, you never know what opportunities may come your way.
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