In addition to the 23 Coaches that Babble and Airprox refer to, there are circa 50 Assistant Coaches whose only claim to fame is that they "are skilled on flying the particular types of aircraft widely used by the PFA movement". They carry out the check but don't sign the form FCL150CJAR etc. The full Coach does that. Apparently the CAA have agreed to this. The £35 "expenses" less £10 to the PFA is per check, not per hour. The last SEP check I did took longer than an hour.
Makes the navs and techs, commercial GFT and FIC look irrelevant, doesn't it?
Edited for clarity.
[This message has been edited by Yogi-Bear (edited 09 May 2001).]