The requirement for the examiner to sign the certificate within three months of expiry was a legal cock-up that dates back to 1999. There was never any such requirement in JAR-FCL nor in any other JAA State. It was confused with the 3 month requirement for the test option, and makes no sense. As there is no date of signing on the current revalidation certificate, so nobody is any the wiser, just delay sending in the SRG1119, however, nobody reads that either.
The sole reason for the instructors signature is to acknowledge that a flight meets the revalidation requirement, any instructional flight counts as do IMC tests and proficiency checks on any other class or type of aeroplane all of which would be associated with a signature in accordance with Art 79 (3)
Last edited by Whopity; 4th July 2011 at 12:28.