As the thread starter I am delighted that it has stimulated such a rapid and in depth debate. I'm also pleased that it has perhaps played a very small part in the CAA taking a second look and actually realising that the people who this is going to directly affect are not happy.
I do still have one major concern. Which countries have ALREADY introduced this new system? I sure as hell don't know which countries have - do you? This is a major flight safety issue for all of us. So let's use the collective brains here on PPRune to try and educate each other as to where we are supposed to implement this.
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