englishal - having taken the trouble to cut and paste the appropriate requirements, it's a pity you didn't read them. The requirement is not for 30 hrs flight training, only 15.. .. .Whilst your forecast of the JAA's life expectancy may or may not be true, it is already clear that it will not be the UK CAA that takes control of its licensing but the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). As an EU Agency, EASA will be able to enshrine the JAA requirements into EU law, removing what little flexibility the UK CAA now claims. It is likely that most licensing functions will be transferred to EASA HQ, probably in Belgium or the Netherlands, leaving the UK FCL as no more than a regional office, somewhat akin to a FAA FSDO. It is a little understood fact that plans are well advanced for this bureaucratic nightmare, which is due to take over responsibility for all EU states' flight crew licensing within a few years.. .. .As to the requirements for non-JAA instructors teaching for the JAA PPL in non-JAA countries, let's consider level playing fields.. .. .When JAR-FCL 1 was first published, the US government immediately recognised the protectionist nature of the requirements concerning principle place of business (JAR-FCL 1.055) and the restriction of overseas training to all or part of the ATP integrated course (App 1b to JAR-FCL 1.055). In an effort to cut the ground from under the feet of the JAA at an upcoming GATT meeting, FARs were hurriedly amended to allow training for FAA licences to take place outside the US. However, were a non-FAA FI to wish to instruct for the FAA PPL outside the US, the FAA required said instructor to hold, as a minimum, a FAA Commercial, IR and CFI and to instruct under the auspices of a FAA approved training organisation.. .. .Since everything about the FAA is so perfect, we should obviously follow their example and require non-JAA instructors to hold, as a minimum, a JAA PPL, pass the CPL knowledge exams and hold a JAA FI(R) before being permitted to teach for the JAA PPL.