Thank you David, that's good news.
So applying the rules of equality, AOPA could be the ATO for all PPL training conducted in the UK!
I suppose it would be possible if the instructors & schools were AOPA members. If you look at the ATO requirements (
3 page extract) they are not particularly onerous, it's a question of whether AOPA could set itself up as an ATO that instructors & schools would want to join.
The BGA has been doing all the ATO requirements for years anyway; the system is already in place. The CAA don't really want to regulate gliding so everyone just carries on as before.