All true.
My CAMO charges me £800 per year for their service, based on the cost of setting up and running their CAMO organisation divided by the number of aircraft.
From conversations with CAMOs, the CAA and others it was made clear that the whole thing was to make going 'controlled' the cheaper option.
The reissue of the ARC in years 2 and 3 was going to save money over the annual full event.
This new Aircom proves this to have been false.
The CAA new about this last October - there was a draft of this letter ready in December- in other words before we were strong-armed into the rushed implementation in January.
So they waited until we've all pretty much signed up, then publish the ELA1 arrangements.
As a result it will have no effect for me.
Why they couldn't have waited like the rest of Europe????