Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:56 am
#1896669
One solution is far simpler in theory than talking to anyone outside the UK.
For nearly sixteen years (mid 2002 to April 7th, 2018), the nppl-ssea was issued to pilots, and these pilots are allowed to progress to a full ppl with defined and accepted top up training and test. Similar pilots, obtaining nppl-ssea from April 8th 2018, are not. Just remove the post 2018 restriction. The later pilots are not even allowed to progress to a National full ppl which would be very useful to some.
There might be a case for a theoretical argument that nppl-ssea obtained since Sept 17th 2012 (start of Easa, now CAA, control and audit) should be 'better' than those before, otherwise why all the upheaval and expense for training schools? So if there were to be political prejudice against some nppl-ssea holders and not against others purely on an invented date, they are not even logical about which date or which side of that date to favour. Consistency in their political control would have been to make all nppl-ssea obtained convertible to ppl if obtained from courses starting since 17/09/2012 onwards (ie right up to now and beyond). (Not that i would think that excluding pre 2012 was right or fair, such conversions should be on demonstrated skill and knowledge, but i would be able to see the politicians had a thought-path rather than just inventing illogical random irrelevant rules)
It makes no sense at all, and was pure politics, that the route nppl-ssea to ppl was cut. It could be restored and should be restored. Having no upgrade makes even less sense now, as all nppl ssea can fly lapl-like in the UK, so extend that to lapl-like upgrades to ppl
Irv Lee - (R/T & Flight Examiner)
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