There is nothing in the Regulation to prevent a PPL being completed in a turbine, which is why I was questioning the accusation that it was 'EASA nonsense'. It may very well be 'UK CAA nonsense' but that's a cross we all have to bear.
The restriction used to be there in JAR-FCL but is not there in Part-FCL - how does that represent 'plodding along in the same footsteps'?