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steakandchips
"NPPL- Can be by either a RTO as above with a CAA instructor or with a BGA Instructor who has a FULL MOTORGLIDER rating. These hours will NOT count towards a EASA PPL and you would have to redo them. "
Are you inferring that if you hold a full NPPLSLMG there will be NO cross credit should you wish to upgrade to an EASA TMG rating?
"NPPL- Can be by either a RTO as above with a CAA instructor or with a BGA Instructor who has a FULL MOTORGLIDER rating. These hours will NOT count towards a EASA PPL and you would have to redo them. "
Are you inferring that if you hold a full NPPLSLMG there will be NO cross credit should you wish to upgrade to an EASA TMG rating?
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Hi steakandchips,
As a BGA motorglider instructor I am fully aware of the differences between motorglider instruction & NPPL SLMG instruction.
The BGA MGIR ('R' stands for rating, not restricted) does have degrees of privilege but none of them entitle the holder to give NPPL SLMG instruction. A FI(SLMG) rating is issued by the CAA, on the recommendation of the BGA, to those who have successfully completed a BGA-run SLMG instructors course. The two ratings are entirely different & there is no requirement for a FI(SLMG) holder to also hold a MGIR.
The majority of NPPL SLMG instruction is given at BGA clubs by NPPL SLMG instructors. Although the EASA conversion details have not been published, anyone who is awarded an NPPL SLMG is expected to be able to convert their NPPL into an LAPL with TMG privileges. (Note that I am not suggesting that uncompleted training can be carried forward into an EASA licence after the transition period is over.)
I will apply for, & expect to be given, an EASA PPL(S) at some point in the near future, despite the fact that none of my sailplane training has taken place at a RTO. Any suggestion that pre-EASA licences can only be converted to EASA licences if the holder has been trained at a RTO would, as Kestrel539 hints, disenfranchise the majority of NPPL SLMG holders, as well as almost every BGA glider pilot. I can understand that once the transition period is over, all training must be at an ATO, but by then, any BGA club that offers pre-licence training will be an ATO.
Any training that results in the issue of an NPPL SLMG will count towards an EASA licence in the sense that the NPPL will convert to an EASA LAPL. Adding an SSEA should allow the holder to convert to an LAPL with both TMG & SEP privileges.
I don't think it makes much difference how Flying Anorak parlays his gliding experience into a power licence. Close examination & comparison of LASORS, NPPL licence allowances & EASA legislation is too much of an effort at this time of night after a day's flying.
As a BGA motorglider instructor I am fully aware of the differences between motorglider instruction & NPPL SLMG instruction.
The BGA MGIR ('R' stands for rating, not restricted) does have degrees of privilege but none of them entitle the holder to give NPPL SLMG instruction. A FI(SLMG) rating is issued by the CAA, on the recommendation of the BGA, to those who have successfully completed a BGA-run SLMG instructors course. The two ratings are entirely different & there is no requirement for a FI(SLMG) holder to also hold a MGIR.
The majority of NPPL SLMG instruction is given at BGA clubs by NPPL SLMG instructors. Although the EASA conversion details have not been published, anyone who is awarded an NPPL SLMG is expected to be able to convert their NPPL into an LAPL with TMG privileges. (Note that I am not suggesting that uncompleted training can be carried forward into an EASA licence after the transition period is over.)
I will apply for, & expect to be given, an EASA PPL(S) at some point in the near future, despite the fact that none of my sailplane training has taken place at a RTO. Any suggestion that pre-EASA licences can only be converted to EASA licences if the holder has been trained at a RTO would, as Kestrel539 hints, disenfranchise the majority of NPPL SLMG holders, as well as almost every BGA glider pilot. I can understand that once the transition period is over, all training must be at an ATO, but by then, any BGA club that offers pre-licence training will be an ATO.
Any training that results in the issue of an NPPL SLMG will count towards an EASA licence in the sense that the NPPL will convert to an EASA LAPL. Adding an SSEA should allow the holder to convert to an LAPL with both TMG & SEP privileges.
I don't think it makes much difference how Flying Anorak parlays his gliding experience into a power licence. Close examination & comparison of LASORS, NPPL licence allowances & EASA legislation is too much of an effort at this time of night after a day's flying.
