Undoubtedly the administration costs are going to be substantial for the ATO/DTO in dealing with the CAA registration for each of the 9 exams per student. The follow up monitoring will almost certainly be complicated with each registration and the payment for individual papers running concurrently but not necessarily in sync. Presumably the ATO/DTO will need to pay the CAA and collect the money from the student. This will not always be simple and at times will be subject to much argument at times, so a carefully designed system will be necessary. Both a dedicated exam room and an internet linked computer must be provided. The school will need to add an administration charge for all of this. The CAA are proposing to charge £90 pounds for the 9 exams plus any resits and I would suggest the school will need to charge a similar figure to cover its costs.
What is the "Portal" and how is it to be accessed by HOT and examiners?
The GR examiner will need to continuously audit to ensure the candidate's booking for each exam is correct: ie. first sitting or subsequent resit validity, if maximum sittings exhausted or time expired at 90 days or 18 months. How is this responsibility to be conducted and what time should be set aside for this - who pays? Then there is the pre exam briefing and debrief on top of the invigilation time provided by the GR examiner - who pays?. Therefore the examiner will, of course, need to continue charging as now.
Each exam sitting is likely to double in cost and rise to be in the region of £40-50.
The french have arranged the nine subjects into two groups; 'Common subjects', 48 questions in 1hr 15mins.: Air Law, Human Performance, Meteorology & Communications. 'Class Specific (Aeroplane/Helicopter)', 72 questions, 1hr.55mins; Principles of Flight, Operational Procedures, Performance, Navigation and Aircraft General. 120 questions in total
A one off payment of 60 euros (£50) becomes due to the authority on registration and remains valid for 18 months. This covers all sittings and any resits. There are no additional charges. The drawback is that the exams must be taken at a DGAC centre of which there are number spread across the country. The exams can only be taken on the specific dates and they vary from centre to centre but at some centres only during certain months of the year. From my postcode the nearest centre is 2.5 hours drive away.
The flying school takes no part in any of this other than to sign the students form.
Last edited by Fl1ingfrog; 27th Jan 2020 at 16:38.