One of the major problems with a decreasing PPL population is that PPL training is where future commercial instructors gain the necessary experience. With the EASA split between recreational flying (LAPL); PPL and commercial training there is a major problem looming; the cost of qualifying just as an FI has risen to the point where many are deterred, without the additional expence of adding instrument and ME qualifications necessary for coventional CPL/IR instruction. The supply of commercial instructors is rapidly drying up!