Spanners,
Email me, I need to update you.
Re JAR 66 - the JAA/CAA scrapped the oral because there was no way the consistency of examination could be verified across the JAA countries. The JAA data bank of questions currently numbers 5000 but has not as yet been released. When it reaches 15000 it will be made public. To quote a JAA rep "....if an engineer can remember 15000 questions he/she deserve the licence".
Personally, I do not think JAR 66 has turned out to be as bad as expected. I can hear the howls of indignation from here!!!