The current RT practical test format will be replaced by an oral assessment conducted by the RT examiner.
A bit like some non standard examiners have operated for a number of years. Overall, a complete waste of time.
The newly appointed SE (RT) will form a panel of examiners, delegated by the CAA to manage oversight of the 160+ RT examiners, and the training and testing for FRTOL in the UK and overseas.
The SE’s will be responsible for training and testing all new RT examiners, plus the conducting of three yearly assessments of competence, for the revalidation or renewal of examiner privileges.
Presumably the RTF Examiners will have to fund the SE (RT) because the CAA are not!
Attend in person regular meetings for the next 12months at Aviation House Gatwick and other locations, and attend a minimum of 2 meetings per year thereafter, at your own expense
Net result will be no renewal of existing RTF Examiners, because it will no longer be cost effective.
We have now received expressions of interest from 66 RT examiners, of which 55 meet the experience criteria set for the initial phase of this process.
And how many if any bothered to respond further?