Chin up An !!! (Good old English saying)
All is not lost. I intend to write back to the CAA to say that they are at odds with other nations ( and I'll probably write or email the JAA as well) and are not offering the full gambit of tests to get a JAA Class 1.
My reasoning being that if they are not doing all of the tests that they should not be allowed to not grant a licence for failure of a small number of these tests. Also I will pose the following; if the CAA is not able to offer all of these tests then why will they not accept evidence of a pass of one of other tests from an opthalmologist?
It's not my fault that the CAA budget doesn't stretch far enough to buy all of the required equipments.
The fight continues...
JP5A - did you fly these at some point ? In answer to your question if you had a restricted CAA Class 2 this would become a JAA Class 1(restricted) the next time you renewed it. You could then instruct on this with a CPL(R) for renumeration, or on a PPL for gratis.
[This message has been edited by gijoe (edited 28 June 2001).]
[This message has been edited by gijoe (edited 28 June 2001).]