"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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Well Gerald.....
Here in the USofA, those of us with just a high school diploma
know that you don't have a "PPL"and there is no such thing as
an "IFR ticket".
Unlike Europe and other parts
of the world, the US government does not "license" pilots, but instead
issues them a "certificate" of competence.

Of course the US government licenses pilots. A "license" is a document that
confers permission to do something that is otherwise forbidden. A
private-pilot certificate is therefore a license, and is reasonably called a
PPL.

As for "ticket", check your dictionary: "ticket 1a: a document that serves
as a certificate, license, or permit; especially: a mariner's or airman's
certificate" (www.m-w.com).

--Gary