1. The CAA could NOT issue UK Part-FCL licences to those who had SOLIx'd whilst the Uk was still an EASA Member State, because it was illegal to hold more than one EASA licence for a specific aircraft category.
2. The CAA has an adverse task-to-resource ratio thanks to previous senior people making huge staff cuts.
3. The twin problems of COVID-19 and lunacy of EU exit have meant a work load which requires an order of priority.
4. The CAA has to engage with DfT who, despite the utterances of boy wonder, are not as 'on side' as the Authority is for many issues.
5. By April a system for issuing UK Part-FCL licences to EU Part-FCL licence holders will be in place - it is intended that this will be as straightforward as it can possibly be for those who held UK issued EASA licences hitherto.