1. EASA will not permit the CAA to issue any EASA licences or ratings with further 'UK airspace only' restrictions on them.
The reason I asked for information on this was that I saw a possibility of the CAA issuing (on behalf of EASA) EASA-FCL IRs
restricted to existing IMCR privileges only and
in UK airspace only. A simple way out of the currently looming mess - but not permitted under EASA regulations....
2. The
only way to retain the IMCR is to
convince the other EU states of its value. Otherwise it will be swept away.
I have seen a draft RIA (EASA, of course) which seems to think that the only way forward is to let UK IMCR holders 'convert' their IMCRs into EASA FCL IRs by an additional 5 hours training and testing and a 'theoretical examination'. However, this so-called Regulatory Impact Assessment has not given any cost estimates for this process, neither has it assessed the loss of business for those RFs currently teaching for the IMCR. It is a totally flawed draft RIA in every respect and is the product
not of any GA organisations.
Personally I consider EASA fundamentally unfit for purpose - its whole rationale must be questioned by MEPs and this whole lunacy delayed.
When the NPA comes out, you
must comment. But
do NOT cut and paste the comments of others. Every single comment must be answered individually, so the more comments the better as this will slow everything down considerably...
