What a nightmare, I thank you gentleman for your efforts in keeping abreast of all this on our behalf. I would soon loose the will to live.
I'm still on the journey to fully understand how an aeroplane truly flies. I have no wish to grapple with all this bureaucratic gobbledygook. The original purpose of regulation was safety now sadly long forgotten.
The words of FCL 740 and FCL 945 are written in plain english although hellish to find in the FCL tomb of over 1200 pages. I shall abide with them, now found, until January 1st. God only knows what chaos will ensue after then. The principles of flight will not have changed of course and the earth will still be roundish. Hopefully the CAA will be able to save on EASA fees (I presume they have to pay) and will re-invest that money into employee aviators who know what they are doing.