S&L:
Interesting. I wonder how many other policies and practices are recommended by the CAA but not written down anywhere, and I wonder how the CAA imagines pilots are expected to know of their existence. Maybe we need a Telepathy Rating.
As regards the 5hrs on type, I understood that to be a *requirement* under the old UK national system, not a recommendation; and I can't see how it was carried forward into JAR-FCL if it never appeared in JAR-FCL.