I am well aware of the NPPL regulations, my question is why is a NPPL student subject to entirely different regulations to a JAR one. He must complete all the ground exams and pass the NFT before solo qualifier. The JAR student does not. I doubt any instructor would send a student solo if he was not up to standard, NFT or not. I still think the 'experts' have got it wrong. On the subject of cost - the poor old students have enough expense to put up without paying for examiners twice!
