Rolling Circle is quite right, the syllabus was published in 1997, the exams are available.
As no training provider has submitted a compliant syllabus (amplified version with training notes) to the CAA then there is no approved training provider.
The JAA has generated a Catch 22 situation, the CAA is not a training provider and has little remit to change anything. Why not lobby the JAA and/or your MP, this is a political imposition.
The loss of money to training providers is obviously of no consequence, or they would offer courses. The FAA way is cheaper, many will follow that route, many in the CAA would agree with you.
[ 08 September 2001: Message edited by: Noggin ]