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Old 3rd Sep 2010, 21:14
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rotarywise
 
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The CAA have, historically, been seriously negligent in their oversight of both fixed and rotary wing PPL training, to the extent that they currently have no idea how many registered facilities are actually in operation. They know how many registration certificates they have issued but, since they have never required anyone to de-register when they cease trading, they have absolutely no control. This is why they stopped publishing Standards Document 30 - it was entirely meaningless.

The findings of the AAIB in this case have been deeply embarrassing to the, mainly non-pilot, bean-counting management of the CAA and this is a typical knee-jerk response that completely misses the point of the AAIB's recommendation. Unfortunately, I doubt that this will be followed up by any meaningful oversight of registered facilities in the future, despite the best efforts of the AAIB and EASA.
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