Did anyone read the justification garbage inside?
Here is the summary in their words of the cost of this fiat (annex A Cost Implications):
"The immediate costs associated with transferring to the UK register are:
i) Aircraft Registration. Currently the CAA charges £50 or £100 to register an aircraft depending on it size.......
ii) Certificates of Airworthiness...... a charge of £651 would be made.
iii) Pilots licences and ratings........Some pilots may also need additional type ratings. The CAA charges £149 for the issue of a private pilots licence. The addition of a rating to the licence would cost £100......
13. .....it seems unlikely that the total cost of reregistering the aircraft affected by the proposal will exceed £0.25m. .....The major cost to them would be in obtaining the relevant ratings for a UK licence."
The shear simplicity of this under-estimate is scary. I would guess the guy who wrote this never signed a check to operate a flying machine in his life, and never had to live under the rules he invents. It makes that Kenyan guy in the other thread sound like Einstein!! I surely hope someone sets them straight.