Glenn,
Totally agree, the UK CAA should not be charging industry for AOC's that we cannot use. I accept that the UK CAA is historically funded by the Industry, however currently we face no income but have continued costs. There should be a reduction in fees and the CAA should make cuts much like we have or get themselves a Bounce Back Loan!!
I have personally written to our Flight Ops Inspector and Head of Section. Currently, the CEO or COO of the CAA have not even had the decency to follow up. I wrote to MP's etc about 10 months ago but obviously no response.
I am happy to lobby, write to MP's, whatever it takes. We have all done a year now of paying for our AOC's with no flying.
Andy Blox