Thanks BEagle for the references:
For the benefit of Ross, and anyone else who wants to spend their hard-earned cash in the aviation industry, here are the extracts. (if I wanted to learn to fly and explore all the options, just downloading CAP 804 would put me off!
Plus I have added the NPPL Micro to NPPL SSEA.
I will try and sum it up first:
NPPL Micro:
Min hours 25 (for full licence) and 15 for restricted. But on our C42, really a light aircraft in most ways, look at more than that.
NPPL medical.
Microlight Exams.
To get SSEA added to NPPL Micro: (Provided one has 32 hours flying time)
Minimum of three hours extra training (1hr instrument appreciation, 2 hrs stall/spin awareness)
One Part-FCL wrtten exam (Aircraft General)
To get LAPL from NPPL SSEA
Have some knowledge of something - don't know what it is, how to find it or how it is assessed.
Apply for licence.
For LAPL to SEP:
15 hours in aeroplanes since you got the LAPL, 10 of which must be flight training at a FTO (so some flying schools may not count if they are the old registered training facility type?) and at least 4 of the 10 hours must be solo, etc.
If you don't already have a radio licence, you must get one at this stage.
So:
"Straight" route: = minimum 45 hours and radio licence
"Convoluted" route: = NPPL (M) - NPPL (SSEA) - LAPL - SEP = minimum 25 hours, plus 3 hours, (plus 4 more if needing to "top up" to 32 hours) plus 0 hours plus 15 hours plus radio licence = 47 hours.
So just two hours more. (on rarely achieved minima)
For NPPL Micro to NPPL SSEA)
NPPL(Microlight) or UK PPL (Microlight) to NPPL (SSEA)
The holder of a valid NPPL with Microlight Class Rating or UK PPL (M) licence without restrictions
who wishes to obtain a SSEA Class Rating shall:
a. Produce the NPPL or UK PPL (M);
b. Produce logbook evidence of currency on Microlight aircraft;
c Carry out such SSEA conversion training as is judged necessary by the FI(A) or CRI(SPA)
conducting the training to achieve the required standard for the applicant to take the NPPL
NST and GST in a SSEA. This training must include:
(1) Not less than 1 hour of dual instrument appreciation;
(2) 2 hours stall awareness/spin avoidance training;
(3) Differences training for Microlight pilots whose Microlight flying has been solely on
flexwing aircraft;
(4) Not less than the 32 hours required minimum total flight time for the NPPL with SSEA
Class Rating, which may be a combination of both Microlight and SSEA flying.
d. Pass the Part-FCL PPL (A) theoretical examination in Aircraft (General) & Principles of Flight;
e. Hold a valid NPPL Medical Declaration or Part-MED LAPL, Class 1 or 2 medical certificate;
f. Pass the NPPL NST and GST in a SSEA.
For the holder of a PPL (M) with operating restrictions, the requirements shall further include:
g. The whole of the navigation training required for the NPPL with SSEA Class Rating;
h. The completion of a minimum of 10 hours total solo flying which may be a combination of
Microlight and SSEA flying. NPPL/XC/REV 10 dated 17 Sep 2012
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An applicant who has commenced training for a NPPL with Microlight Class Rating, but who elects to
train for the NPPL with SSEA Class Rating before qualifying as a Microlight pilot may claim all those
hours of Microlight training on either control system undertaken in the previous 6 months as
allowances against training for the NPPL with SSEA Class Rating subject to the following provisos:
a. The minimum requirement of 10 hours solo must be flown in a single-engine piston aeroplane
for the grant of a NPPL with SSEA Class Rating;
b. The minimum requirement of 32 hours of flying instruction required for the NPPL may consist
of a combination of Microlight and SSEA training;
c. The whole of the navigation training required for the NPPL with SSEA Class Rating must be
completed.
For NPPL (SSEA) to LAPL:
Licence previously
issued under the ANO
Conversion to
Part-FCL Licence Requirements
NPPL(A)(SSEA) LAPL(A) with
Single Engine
Piston aeroplane
endorsement
1.
2.
3.
Hold an NPPL(A) with SSEA rating;
Hold an LAPL medical certificate (or Class 1 or
Class 2 medical certificate) issued in
accordance with Part MED (MED.A.030). Any
limitation arising from the holder’s medical
status will appear on the medical certificate;
To be issued with a UK Flight Radiotelephony
Operator’s Licence an individual must fulfil the
EASA Language Proficiency Requirements for
Flight Crew at Level 4, 5, or 6. Whilst the pilot
licence can be obtained without meeting EASA
Language Proficiency Requirements for Flight
Crew, a person without a UK Flight
Radiotelephony Operator’s Licence is not
authorised to use a radio in an aircraft. The
holder of an existing valid UK Flight
Radiotelephony Operator’s Licence will be
accepted as qualifying for a Level 4 (expiring)
language proficiency endorsement;
27 July 2012CAP 804 Part I Flight Crew Licensing: Mandatory Requirements, Policy and Guidance
Section 4 Part P Page 12
NPPL(A)(SSEA)
continued
LAPL(A) with
Single Engine
Piston aeroplane
endorsement
4.
5.
6.
Have knowledge of the sections of Part-OPS
and Part-FCL relevant to the LAPL(A) – in
accordance with A.1(b) of Annex II to the EASA
Aircrew Regulation;
If the applicant has not completed 6 hours pilot
in command of SSEAs since being granted the
NPPL(A) with SSEA rating, comply with
FCL.105.A(b) – LAPL(A) Privileges and
Conditions on issue of the Part-FCL LAPL(A) in
order to be entitled to carry passengers. i.e:
FCL.105.A LAPL(A) – Privileges and
conditions
(b) Holders of an LAPL(A) shall only carry
passengers after they have completed, after
the issuance of the licence, 10 hours of
flight time as PIC on aeroplanes or TMG.
Flight as PIC completed since the issue of the
NPPL(A) shall be credited towards fulfilling this
requirement.
For LAPL to SEP
(b)Specific requirements for applicants holding an LAPL(A). Applicants for a PPL (A)
holding an LAPL(A) shall have completed at least 15 hours of flight time on
aeroplanes after the issue of the LAPL (A), of which at least 10 shall be flight
instruction completed in a training course at an ATO. This training course shall
include at least 4 hours of supervised solo flight time, including at least 2 hours
of solo cross-country flight time with at least 1 cross-country flight of at least
270 km (150 NM), during which full stop landings at 2 aerodromes different from
the aerodrome of departure shall be made.
The "straight route" is:
(a) Applicants for a PPL(A) shall have completed at least 45 hours of flight
instruction in aeroplanes, 5 of which may have been completed in an FSTD,
including at least:
(1) 25 hours of dual flight instruction; and
(2) 10 hours of supervised solo flight time, including at least 5 hours of solo
cross-country flight time with at least 1 cross-country flight of at least
270 km (150 NM), during which full stop landings at 2 aerodromes different
from the aerodrome of departure shall be made
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Am I correct in all this?