New CAA licence front pages
Like many thousands of us, I have just received new pages 1 to 4 for my CAA ATPL. This is to reflect my proficiency in English (yes, I'm typing very carefully).
Previously these pages were on two sheets of paper so that you could insert them folded into two separate slots in the licence. Now they are on one sheet. You fold it and two pages disappear. Every time you get rampchecked in Malaga, to inspect both sides they will pull out this sheet, tear it and leave fingerprints.
Intentional? My mate asked the CAA and yes, it's to save paper. Never mind that the medical certificate is the size of a football pitch. Very laudable, and coming soon is a single sheet ATPL just like your UK driving licence. Then we can scrap the green book altogether.