Not sure where this myth comes from. Is it an old CAA thing? I know there was quite a lot of hangover from the CAA course in the previous version of Clive Hughes' book.
I seem to remember some school's websites saying they
recommended having 100 hours, so I suspect that that is where it started
But according to all the official literature, only a (ICAO) PPL is specified as the requirement.
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