I knew there was something funny about that three-month period. Not mandated but very useful to do it in the last three months... Thanks! And I have been checked out (by FIs) on a number of different aircraft in our club fleet, and each checkout looked remarkedly like a prof check... Nothing too daunting about that, fortunately.
On a more practical note - Assume I've done the one-hour flight and the FI is happy. I'm in the Netherlands flying on a CAA/JAA license. Do I specifically need a sign-off from a CAA FE, or is any JAA FE okay?
And after having gotten the signature, do I need to send anything to Gatwick? Or is that just for the five-year license reissue (and the continued funding of our beloved CAA)?