Well thanks for that SAS , knew i could rely on you for a useful comment !!
Sadly you are quite correct . Will i be safer having a type rating ??? I have flown so many types over the years and never really felt the need for a "Rating ". God knows what they will make me do for the 109 ....i will probably have to go back to school for a week and then fly around in circles for 10 hrs to prove i can fly it ( the fact that i have flown 3-400 hrs without any mishap and appear to have a reasonable grasp of what im doing ...seems irrelevant )
Anyway i am talking just PPL ( i am currently using my CPL to get SA CAA CPL ) but this country is far too bureaucratic so happy to stick to "Private "...
I spoke to the CAA and they said i can write to them asking for 12 months with the intention of only flying 28 days or less ( who on earth monitors that ) and i have to prove i have a rating for the aircraft i want to fly .....so how do i do that ??!! I dont think it has been thought through and everyone will still be flying as usual on their FAA license for years .........