Nick: I think Flying Lawyer would simply be proud to fly with you, wherever you were going and whatever the weather - as would most of us. . .As to the CAA, it's turned into a retirement home for otherwise unemployable ex-military types who've never paid for a minute's flying in their lives, and who therefore don't understand the first thing about the industry. Unlike the FAA, it has to be self-financing, and we have thus worked ourselves into a position where we can pay £900 ($1,400) to have them issue a simple piece of paper, with no other work involved. Every time they create a new nonsensical rule and demand payment for it, they drive another sad bastard out of business.