Originally Posted by
UltraFan
To me it sounds like EASA (or at least Ky himself) have already decided to lift the ban even before the test flights. (Decided before the flights, not lift before the flights.) The very fact that he talks about timeframes is very strange, to say the least. While everyone, including the "domestic supporter" FAA, talks about serious unresolved issues, EASA suddenly starts talking about lifting the ban some time in the near future. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt but he should certainly issue a clarification about what he said vs. what he meant to say.
As far as I know the FAA scheduled their test flight for ealy november, it is then normal that EASA confirme their own test flight nearly a month later.
It isn't written that EASA is about to lift the ban, and a lot can go wrong until then.