Originally Posted by
jjoe
Until EASA or whoever decide 'continuous assessment' a la CSE style is acceptable THAT IS PRECISELY ALL YOU CAN SAY!
No, the license is not "all that you need" for flying.
You also need a valid class rating (which expires periodically) and a medical for example
Moreover, even with a valid PPL, type rating, and medical, you break the rules if you fly when you are not fully fit (e.g., recent alcohol consumption or a really bad cold/sore throat etc.)
If you rent, the operator/owner will refuse to give the airplane to you, if you demonstrate poor airmanship at the initial checkride.
You can be fined for busting airspace etc.
And eventually you can die, with perfecly valid papers, if you (or any of us) gets too reckless.
So there's a lot more to safe flying than the papers, legally, professionally and socially as well.
As earlier written, PPL is just a license to learn by yourself, nothing more, nothing less.