Got a call from CAA man today saying I hadn't got enough signatures
(I probably have about 30 - from my first month or so flying commerically
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Luckily I had arranged a letter from my previous company to say the hours flown with them were correct - and that was enough to take me over the minimum without needing a letter from my current company.
Guess it depends who takes your 'case' - maybe previous posters were lucky or maybe I was unlucky - but over 2500 hours without signatures can still cause a problem it seems