Oh dear. Have you not been following the Part M development since 2003? There have been many rounds of consultation etc by EASA. And the big mistake in this country is to think that, under the European agenda (a political matter), the EASA proposed rules should be based solely on what the UK wants and what suits the UK best. That is not the political or practical reality. The agenda is based on a standardisaton (not harmonisation) criteria for 27 countries. Much as many of us do not want Europeanisation in this field, the reality is that is the only legal game in town, as determined by the political masters. Those of us who have been representing the UK GA interests in Europe for some years have fought hard to get some common sense into the process and have won many points and succeeded in getting many changes. That is after we fought to stay out of this, but once dragged through the one way revolving door we determined to fight from the inside rather than throw stones from the outside. But like any multi lateral negotiation one can't win all the points one wishes to. There has to be give and take. We pressed hard for a Part M 'Light' over the last year or more, even by getting a UK person from the air sports sector to chair the EASA working group M.017, but a Part M Light alternative was not accepted by EASA. Read the NPA 2008-03 (I think is the number) on the EASA website - it explains why they reached this decision. The sooner folks accept the inevitable then the sooner they will engage with the process and adapt to it. It is not perfect, but it is the penalty for winning the war (I mean 39-45).......!
