I guess quite a few people like us will be using this festive season to polish our Declarations, so there'll be a pile of them in January for the CAA to go through. I understand they've 60 days to accept a Declaration, which doesn't leave much time if they take the 60 days and then reject it - potentially we could be temporarily out of busines in April if there are snags.
Incidentally, we're still plugging away with IR(R) courses - got 2 on the go at the moment - as they aren't part of being a DTO. As far as I can tell, they'll still be a valid course after April.
TOO