Originally Posted by
Gonzo
Happy to be corrected but
AFAIK there’s been no VR approved for over 4 years, possibly longer.
Last one I heard of from Farnborough was in about 2013/2014.
He was a friend of mine, at the top of the Band 2 scale, 55 years old and quite happy to stay until he reached 60, but he said 'NATS made him an offer he couldn't refuse' which I presume meant monetarily, so he was going at the end of that year.