Licence nonsense
Be ready for this kind of problem to follow you forever
I got a lifetime PPL in 1967
Left the RAF in 1983 with the Viscount on my shiny new ATPL, flew BMI for 23 years, Viscount F27 Boeing 737, Fkr 70/100 then Eastern J41 for five. My ATP has an SEP rating courtesy of Chipmunk for the RAF and then reserve
Guess what, when mY ATP expires it cannot be renewed because I am over 65 and the old "lifetime" PPL cannot be revived because it was Board of Trade not CAA
So whats the answer? it seems apply for a national PPL but what about the qualifying training, no one seems to know
Your licence problems will not go away while we have a system of regulations which prevents discretion being used by the managers but retains enough obscurity for them to act as they see fit