Whopity, the relevant paragraph states:
We have engaged with EASA and other Member States to propose deferring until April 2018 the requirement for Part-FCL flight crew training to be conducted at Approved Training Organisations and the mandatory date for holding any LAPL, SPL or BPL, and many associated ratings. An associated and strongly supported proposal seeks alternative options for private pilot training to continue outside of ATOs beyond April 2018. These proposals will be voted on at the October 2014 EASA committee. Assuming the deferment is agreed, but there is no agreement on alternative options, RTFs would have to transition to ATOs by 8 April 2018 at the latest. Discussions on alternative options have not yet started.
Rather an odd statement:
- 'Part-FCL flight crew training'? - I presume they meant 'for non-professional licences'?
- 'An associated and strongly supported proposal' - Supported by precisely whom? Presumably the French? And the German gliding organisations?
- 'private pilot training to continue outside ATOs'? - The EASA paper referred to LAPL, PPL, BPL and SPL training, but gave no clue as to whether this includes 'associated ratings and certificates'.... Does 'outside ATOs' also imply 'outside RFs'?
This is an unholy mess. I have yet to meet anyone who supports the idea of PPL/LAPL training outside an RF / non-complex ATO.