Yes I had heard that FR was pressing the IAA to nominate a date that the year started and hence ended. The IAA stated that it was a rolling year, FR insisted that it had to have a start and end date and in the absence of one being provided by the authority they decided to nominate 1st April - fait acompli! Well, I haven't seen the actual wording of the JAR but if they left available a loophole for FR's legal beagles to rip apart then hell slap it into 'em!
