The amendment was dated Jul 12 but the download page has the following note:
Notifying
the UK requirements for pilot licensing and also a guide to the new European
Flight Crew Licensing requirements. Effective on 17 September 2012; LASORS will
be withdrawn from that date. A5 paper copies are available for pre-order from
TSO.
IMPORTANT: The CAA has announced a new date for implementation of
European Regulations for flight crew licensing in the UK. Therefore any
reference to 1 July 2012 should now read as 17 September 2012.
If LASORS are withdrawn on 17 Sep, does that mean we can use LASORS as the rulebook until then? That might just be enough time for me to get an IR.
As an aside, what do all the commercial pilots with frozen ATPLs have to do to unfreeze them? Will they have to do the ATPL exams again? If not, what is the difference between them retaining their theory credit and those of us who have CPLs issued under the bridging scheme?