Autosync,
Not having a go at non-JAA rated pilots??? I seem to recall someone being called an "FAA whinger wanted everything handed to him on a plate".
Get it through your head - the JAA system is antiquated and out of touch with the rest of the ICAO world and that is the answer to the question originally posted.
I have not had the UK CAA frontal lobotomy but if I had to, I would.
Get real here. "Your" system needs a 100 hourly.
