CAA Spreading its net wider ?
How many of you light aircraft owners out there have recently received a letter from the CAA claiming to be doing a 'random survey' of some aircraft, enquiring about insurance details?
Amongst other things, it insists that you send them copies of your insurance information, and states that if your aircraft is laid up you may not fly your aircraft in future without first providing them with proof of insurance.
Is this new? I don't recall coming across anything like this before.
They do of course quote some EU rule as our 'civil service' always do nowadays.
It rather smacks of yet more job creation and self justification to me.
Given the CAA appears to have less and less to do now that EASA is in place ( yep -aargh, what a nightmare) is that what is behind this?
Or is there some genuine safety or procedures problem here which requires to be addressed ? If so, fine. If not, hmmm.
What do the wiser heads out there think?