Spud - you seem to be missing the point entirely. As someone has already pointed out, the extension of the deadlines devalues the work that other people have already put in to achieve the passes in the time required. The rules were there in black and white and people can't complain because they didn't know about them - they were easy enough to find out. People should have set themselves deadlines and the CAA were certainly quite clear in warning people of them. They abolished the requirement to have a partial pass by a certain date which in my opinion was a mistake because it led to more people allowing themselves unrealistic timescales to complete the exams. Whilst I feel sorry for the people who have missed the deadline (why would I have any reason to be bitter) you can't expect the CAA to just keep extending the deadline until anyone who ever had a trial lesson prior to 1999 has been allowed to complete their exams.