EFT
BG
You probably are correct regarding timescales for the examiner and it being a CAA matter.
However when you quote 21 days as a reference for completion for a CPL as on EFT website, (okay you may add a week extra for Wx, aircraft tech etc) you expect that when your booked in for a course and fly over the Atlantic that all has been taken care of, inc examiner availability. If this is not the case EFT should be advising students not to make the trip until any delays with examiners or anything else for that matter have been dealt with.
If there's students waiting five weeks plus for an examiner surely someone within the management should of alerted on-coming students to delay until the previous have left?
Before anyone makes any remarks please give a thought to what I've just wrote and ask yourself if you don't honestly believe that it's true.