Surely this is a wake up call for the CAA to institute an online ability to check/update the license of a pilot as well as his currency etc.
The FAA allows a check on the license status of a pilot but even this doesn't really go far enough.
Such a facility would also make it far easier for would be passengers to confirm that the pilot they were going up was, was at least legal to fly.
Oh no
Are you suggesting an on-line log-book being made available to members of the public as well as our state of medical?
Don't give the CAA/EASA more 'good ideas'.
We can all remember some of the AAIB reports of pilots doing stupid things and taking innocent passengers with them. But (like the laws against possession of firearms or dangerous dogs) the criminal or thicko will ignore any rules.
I wonder what action is being taken over the behaviour of the LAME