I agree with misterbonkers
its same old, same old every year. There is never anything in the brief that could not be relayed by a co worker.
It is just coveryabackelitis from a non regulated body who answer to nobody and don't have to compete in a comercial enviroment to make any money. I believe this is the platform to say enough is enough. Lets show the bureaucrats at cash and aggro that this over regulation is unacceptable.
If you have flown in before they can't seriously insist you bin a day at work to drive to Northants to listen to two minutes of diffrences from last year. Everybody, bombard Fred Angry with your complaint and if nessasery lets get organised and boycott the brief. If push came to shove would they realisticaly stop a hundred plus experienced pilots carrying passengers willing to pay there £550 landing parking and taking off fees?