So, who was the higher authority who decided whether the
first examiner should be qualified.......and from where did they derive their authority?
I suspect a load of self-appointed jobsworths intent on building a self-perpetuating ,gravy-train heirarchy.
Remember the appearance of hang-gliders?- unregulated, they taught themselves and established practises empirically.......powered hang-gliders,same thing....powered parachutes?.....yup! authorities caught with their pants down again.
IMHO, the vast majority of new legislation is ill thought out and a knee-jerk reaction to evolution they did not anticipate.
The amount of confusion in the above thread is a prime example.
why no central register of Instructors and Examiners? Sounds like elementary record-keeping to me, to be able to check claimed qualifications and currency easily........a joined-up administration would use it to send out renewal notices to keep the gravy-train rolling,
Funny, DVLA manage to remember to jog me for £ 180-odd, and they slap a fine on me if i don't take up their offer and advise accordingly.