Those of you who have been knocking ex-military pilots - it would appear that the CAA agree with you! The revised CAP804 has just removed all military exemptions for skill tests - which, in the most ridiculous and extreme example, means that an A1 Tutor QFI/IRE with thousands of hours' instructional time has to take a skills test just to get a PPL! Yes, a
PPL! Crazy - and more than a little insulting.
Even to me (as a current military man) it says that the CAA do not trust the military training output, or worse, the military do not trust themselves (the revised document was based on a submission from the RAF). Should we be allowed into controlled airspace at all if our training really doesn't qualify us for even a PPL?
