Am sending off my £249 for another three years. A download from the CAA showed there are 386 others out there doing the same. Given around 1600 PPL issues per year, there's around one examiner for each 4 PPLs. It would explain why I do seem to do about 30 to 40 exams per year, probably a complete set for 3-5 candidates per year.
Do all flying Examiners also get automatic GR privileges as well ? I don't know how unique I am to be a GR(A) only. I assume that there is just one set of papers for each RF ?
is this a case of "overmanning" ?