Originally Posted by
Jan Olieslagers
This may vary from country to country, but I always understood that here in BE the (EASA compliant) PPL automatically includes the radio license. So that only people flying the various Annex 2 types need to take a separate radio exam - as I did. Is it different in UK?
They tried including it in PPL training the UK but found the reduction in the standard of RTF was too great having just an assessment by an FI rather than by an approved examiner so reverted to the previous system of having a separate exam.
For microlight PPLs you always had to have the exam.