Originally Posted by
Genghis the Engineer
You can train for scratch for any of the...
NPPL
LAPL
PPL
Most advice would be that if you are shooting for aeroplanes or helicopters (as opposed to microlights or gyroplanes) and have no medical complications preventing a class 2 medical, is that you shoot straight for the full PPL. The other licence have restrictions that don't apply to the full PPL, and unless you're either under 25 or prove to be somewhat gifted as a pilot (and even then, there are no guarantees), it will most likely take you over the 45 hours minimum of the PPL to learn to fly anyhow. Learning to fly takes as long as it does, and the specific licence you're training for doesn't change the number of hours significantly within the aircraft class.
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Take Genghis advice, go for the PPL. You will end up with a licence with less restrictions. And paying the same money as for the LAPL. even if a priori seems cheaper. Note that the 45 hours requirement is the extreme minimum that not much people are able to fly a plane safely. The examiner is not going to care too much if you are doing LAPL or PPL, they just want to see that you are a safe pilot. And this normally takes more than 45 hours. Around 50 hours I'd say.