Originally Posted by
IO540
With most new pilots chucking it in more or less right away, there are many more "old" pilots (in the sense of having been flying for many years) flying than there are new pilots flying, so the place to attack this is on the 2-yearly check flight, but there is no requirement to do that on that, either. The only way you don't get signed off is if the instructor does not survive the flight
Demonstrating that you're competent to access and read NOTAMs seems a fairly sensible refresher check to me (even though it doesn't seem to be part of any formal requirement). Maybe an alternative would be for the CAA to cross-reference how often pilots access the AIS site vs how many hours they claim to fly. If you don't log in for two years, you presumably haven't flown during those two years....so, voila your licence is revoked! [Takes cover under nearest rock....]