CAA Charges
This is not a whinge but a genuine enquiry for information or rather explanation.
I would like to think that someone from the CAA, i.e. Graham Forbes or even Mike Bell, would take the time to answer but I doubt it somehow.
So my question is how does the CAA justify the fees that they charge for CPL and IR flight tests.
I understand that the charges in the UK are higher than any other country - is this correct?
If the test fee included the hire cost of the aircraft I could understand it but to charge nigh on £ 700 to have someone sitting alongside an examinee for even two hours seems somewhat high, regardless of the professional status of the examiner. After all, the money doesn't go to the examiner....or does it?
Given that the CAA has a monopoly on this issue, which itself seems quite against the spirit of fair trading, I am surprised they have got away with these charges for so long.
Have the charges ever been formally contested and if so what was the outcome?
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