Yes - there are seminars available. Have a look in Newsline Edition 10 on the CAA website at
www.caa.co.uk . However, you'll need Adobe Acrobat reader as the CAA documents are in .pdf format. Alternatively, try
www.flightexaminers.com or e-mail
[email protected] for the seminars run by Tony Kember for ETA; e-mail
[email protected] for seminars run by AOPA.
The reason why civilians are training the RAF at Barkston, etc. is quite simple. The RAF can't afford to train to its own quality standards any more. Hence it is trying to make do with a contractor-run system.