The CAA may be our regulator, but it is still a company
No, it isn't, the CAA is a public corporation, wholly controlled by central government through the DfT.
Bob Upanddown asks the important question - where is this 2 year derogation pending amendment of the bilateral that was dangled in front of the TRAN committee by Mathew Baldwin last year?
Amended to say that I should have taken my own advice and examined all of the relevant legislation. I see that the UK have invoked Article 12(4) of the Aircrew Regulation to defer the application of Annex III until 2014, but only for non-commercial purposes. There remains, as far as I can see, no derogation for AOC holders or other commercial operators.