bookworm
2) Fly 12 hours in SEPs (with the requisite number of t/os and ldgs, I forget: 6 or 12?) in the year before you want the SEP signature.
I am not sure about the number of T/Os but, of the 12 hours in year two, at least 6 hours must be P1
The experience qualification for the MEP is "10 sectors" per year. BUT, if you have not done the 10 sectors, then you just have to ask the examiner to assess you on ONE sector as part of the annual MEP test.
I understand that the minimum for "a sector" is defined as "leave the circuit - ten minutes cruise - rejoin the circuit". I have done MEP tests from Elstree and from Cranfield. For both these airfields, the local training areas, where we do the upper air bits of the tests, are more than 10 minutes from the field. i.e. you have to fly "a sector" in order to do the test!
So, I to not understand the JAA/CAA logic in the different "experience" required for SEP & MEP.
