Originally Posted by
pilotmike
It appears to be spectacular incompetence by the CAA, who now appear almost incapable of providing the required means to take money from people who just want to fly toys with their kids etc.
One of the reasons (probably the only reason) that the system did not go live on the 1st October is that the Secretary of State, Grant Shapps MP, intervened early in September and told the CAA to reduce the registration fee from £16.50/year to below £10/year and to work with the four associations. Prior to this, the DfT had been dismissing all objections from the aeromodelling community, both direct and via MPs.