Took my application up to Gatwick in the middle of Feb. I was told 10 working days maximum. Over 3 weeks later still no sign of it, so I called up FCL and was told that for no good reason absolutely nobody had even looked at the application yet. After expressing my dissatisfaction I subsequently received the licence 2 days later. I firmly believe that without that phone call I still would not have that licence in my hand.
The CAA do not seem to realise that people have interviews etc where they need the licence - can it be so hard to check a logbook and type a licence out same day?