Thank you flatspin!
Great to hear that you (and the FAA!) have the same view as I do and I wish it would be adopted by the CAA/JAA. How often do these things get reviewed? What extent does this apply to Class I & II
What I think is criminal is that because they (CAA) test ears sperately you could have hearing loss in both ears at 20db and pass but have perfect hearing in one and loss at 25db in the other and fail!