Never, never assume anything with EASA
You are of course quite right. I should perhaps have referred to the EU in the wider sense, as of course EASA are not a legislative body (thank god).
David: that is a very helpful summary, thank you. Let us hope that pragmatism and common sense prevail (no, I have not been sniffing something, just eternally optimistic
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As an aside, the daughter of a good friend is about to marry an Aussie helicopter engineer working in Sydney for a major maintenance company there. He tells me that Australia is in effect adopting Part M
We are not alone in our suffering
