Well - tell your CFI to have another look at the FE's Handbook. If the LPC SPA is being completed for a re-validation BY EXPERIENCE, all he/she has to check is that the 'Training flight' has been completed satis., and that the hours requirement has been met. The 'PASS/FAIL' should NOT be marked as this refers ONLY to Proficiency Checks; neither do the flight details refer to your training flight - only to a Proficiency Check. Similarly, Part Two is an Examiner's Record ONLY for Proficiency Checks, it should NOT to be completed for re-validation by experience as no flight with an Examiner took place - if your CFI signed it and kept it, he/she has NO right to have done so. The LPC SPA is a generic form, not all of it is relevant for every re-validation or renewal. THe CFI should NOT charge you ANYTHING for signing this form if the re-validation is a straightforward '12 in the last 12 including 1 with a FI' re-validation!!
The LPC SPA is a typically poorly designed form penned by a Belgrano half-wit, but don't worry - no-one will ever look at it; the FCL150CJAR 'Ratings - Certificate of Revalidation' in your licence is what really matters! But some CFIs have simply not bothered to learn the new rules and regulations. You should demand that ANY reference to 'PASS/FAIL' is removed from your LPC SPA re-validation by experience!!
And yes - I'm both a UK/FE(PPL) and CFI!!
[This message has been edited by BEagle (edited 29 June 2001).]