Well said Tuscan.
It is unfortunate that for all the CAA's licencing and processes that getting a licence seems to leave most pilots in a position of ignorance.
I was lucky, I joined a group and found out about the then current stuff fairly easily.
These days miserable places like this actually can be very informative - particularly in temrs of what is coming.
Were it not for the fact that once airborne my face cracks into a smile I like most others, would just give up. The amount of ridiculous mindless beauracy we have to put up with just to fly legally just depress me!