Hmmm, that would be a bit of a change. I can't see many liking that, apart from examiners of course.........
It's not as if the GA world is crawling with FE's anyway. I can see a lot of people letting it lapse if this comes in.
Though to be fair the SEP rating is still the only one where you haven't got to renew with an examiner every year.
If they want to bring in a full on test, then do it, stop mucking about. How is every 6 years going to solve anything? Especially as the accident rate is pretty static and I can't see this making a blind bit of difference.