BEagle wrote:
"You should not be expected to pay for an Examiner to sign your Certificate of Revalidation .... it is merely a paperwork exercise."
So are my accounts, yet my accountant charges me plenty!
Perhaps, given the complexity of this - as shown by the range of misunderstandings exhibited here and elsewhere - examiners should charge.
Their expertise - and time spent digesting all the ramifications of this (just think of the single-seat only endorsement on microlights that can be really useful if someone hasn't managed to do their full hour before the two years is up) - is surely worth something.
And, of course, there is a fee to be paid to the CAA to be an examiner. How does an examiner earn that back? Not from the one hour's flying if done with another instructor/s!