SASless - I see what you are trying to do but the disruption of context is a little too blatant to be credible. The righteous indignation is also a little contrived when you consider that this has been the situation for the last 20 years or so. You would, perhaps, be better employed in venting your spleen on what is to come rather than what is (almost) past. If you want a convenient bandwagon on which to jump, in the context of extracting (extorting?) money, the CAA has just played an absolute blinder and almost nobody has noticed - yet. Oh, and I didn't say that a pilot with 340 hours on type would need to do the whole course - try reading the post again (and the reference).
Better luck next time.