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Old 19th Oct 2012, 16:56
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It is purely CAA gold plating which has resulted in their cumbersome procedure, which is totally unsuitable for PPL purposes


I agree. But why is this any more suitabe for anything else?

The background is very murky on that line in ARA. Originally it wasn't even there in the NPA. There was pushback from some NAA protecting their fee-charging powers and bureaucracy. The EASA Final Opinion had a concession where the text read (my underline) "The competent authority shall develop procedures to designate examiners for the conduct of skill tests for the issue of the ATPL and MPL".

The actual EU legal text dropped the underlined bit. A total disgrace which not only makes a mockery of the entire process by which the Regulations are "consulted" on, but a mockery of the principles in FCL whereby Examiner privileges and the conduct and content of tests were clearly stated, and not subject to an "NAA procedure".
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