I don't know about the medical side, but:-
- In microlighting it's much more viable to start your own business than necessarily, say, group A. The business tends to be a mixture of instructing, sales, maintenance and hangarage. The income is rather better than most GA instructors ever see.
- You can do LAPL, NPPL(SSEA), or EASA PPL(SEP) and still do the microlight AFI/FI qualifications. But also, whilst more expensive, as an EASA PPL holder with FI you can
also teach on microlights so long as you are sufficiently experienced and qualified on them.
- I agree, don't discount flexwings. They are tremendous fun, very cheap to run, and have a massive following of their own. And getting yet better...
- Yes, if you have hopes of going commercial, microlight hours aren't particularly useful right now. On the other hand, putting plans effectively in a holding pattern in the hope of a future change in medical regulations doesn't strike me as massively sensible.
G