Which Direction? NPPL or PPL
OK this is my first post on here in around 12 years - completely lost my old login details, but must've had thousands of posts as I spent most of my teen years on PPRUNE pursuing my dreams of a career with the airlines.
Anyway, not much flying later I'm now in a position to afford to get myself airborne and have logged 7 hours PUT on flex-wing microlights.
I chose this route initially as it's a much cheaper way (per hour) of getting up in the air, with the intention of then converting to NPPL(A) and then upto JAA/EASA PPL(A).
But I've started wondering if this is actually going to be more costly in the long-run.
I haven't fully given up on the idea of becoming a career pilot, but fancy breaking away from the NPPL to allow me to break away from the VFR rules as I like the idea of having the option to still remain flying when the sun goes down or the weather goes a bit crappy.
I was wondering if others have been in the same scenario, and any advice you could share with me?
Thanks,
Darren