TolTol,
Your not even close mate. In fact if you are only waiting since March then you have a cheek even complaining in the first place!!
The longest I know about was last year. The student was signed off for the flight test in Aug. He applied for the test immediately and was assigned an examiner within the week. After two months of constant call without reply to the examiner, he was eventually reassigned another examiner by the IAA, who sat back and did nothing in the mean time. He eventually sat his first and only attempt the following December and passed. He wrote a polite letter of complaint to the IAA - the institute against aviation, and outlined how much extra it cost him to stay current and to the best of my knowledge, that letter wasnt even acknowledged.
CAA guy's reading this wont have a clue what we are on about as they get a skills test almost immediately. However, if you are thinking of doing your CPL MultiIR in Ireland, BE WARNED. The IAA are an absolute disgrace in how they treat students and the schools are not much better as they put up with it knowing that the student is going to have to spend more money to stay current - a lot more
To add insult to injury, the standard of the examiners goes from one end of the spectrum to the other. On one end you have day to day airline pilots who are excellent and practical and on the other you have a nutter who constantly probes a students theory knowledge for two hours before you even get into the air. I know of several people who have been given a route to plan at 9.00am in the morning and didnt get air bourn for the test till 1.00pm - a joke. Needless to say most failed.
So again, all you who think Ireland is a great place to continue your training, think again. I am sorry to say that I couldnt recommend it to anyone. The IAA simply are too amateurish for such a serious business and the schools are happy with the status quo as they know you will have to pay a fortune to stay current.
Keep checking for Ice.