Thanks for the replies,and fair comment on both.I think its fair to say that 1% even 5% in terms of the exams only equates to perhaps being only 1 question or at a push 2 questions from a pass.Quite clearly at these percentages the difference is absolutley marginal.Any greater than this and whole heartedley i would agree that were diverging away from a good understanding of the subject and that of not quite grasping it.
Reference the pass mark.If my memory seves me right the CAA dropped there pass mark down to 65% to accomodate the JAR exams,and i feel that this didn`t degrade the standards in any way.
If i may make a suggestion or two?
How about this.Candidates who have resits may retake there failed subjects under JAR.I.E radio aids for example.They could obtain some correspondence notes from an approved school study them ,and with controlled correspondence,be brought up to the required standard for the CAA exam in radio aids.Why not?We are allowed to hold national examination credits,and undergo JAR flight training,so why can we not be able to have a mix of national and JAR examination passes afforded to those people still in limbo.Are we saying that the JAR exams are of such a higher standard that the national passes are not worth the paper there written on?I think not.Keep the ideas coming.As we speak i am hearing of developments down at the authority but its still quite sketchy!