Originally Posted by
Fl1ingfrog
Thank you selfin but how is that different from the simplified statement that the CAA are currently publishing and which is not out of date. As the saying goes: KISS, so give the CAA some credit when its due.
The exemption is the same however the authority's opinion that the applicant "
can apply directly to take a Proficiency Check at an ATO" is obviously misleading since no ATO involvement is necessary. And the fact that it's no longer applied as an AltMoC but as an IR. That the authority confuses the two is hardly inspiring. The rule started out, necessarily, as an exemption approved by the Commission in mid 2014 following a request by Slovakia in early 2013. Before it was elevated to the status of an IR, member states were permitted but not required to grant approvals derogating from the original IR.