If i have to pay £4-5000 for Lapl, PPL and night approval, then EASA and CAA will have achieved there ultimate aim of closing us down.
A one man operation with two aircraft cannot absorb those sort of costs.
I may as well go on the dole. Already 50% of turnover goes in tax. Why be underpaid tax collectors. Examiner renewal due soon circa £600 by the time i finish.
Whats the point of all this paperwork. Already someone as offered to do this for me and get it through for a £1000 fee, plus whatever the CAA want to charge.
Another job creation scheme for someone that doesn't live in the real world.
Example i have just printed off the paper work to renew an old CAA licence.
I think i have printed off about 23 sheets of paper!
Yet at the bottom of every CAA e-mail it asks is it really necessary to print this e-mail, think of the environment, thats obviously only for internal consumption.
Who thinks all this c**p up. I now see PPL turning up with all sorts of invalid licences, not realising it expired 2 years ago or flying with expired c of e.
In the old days 13 month c of e were stamped in logbook, where it was noticed every time the logbook was opened. Now PPLs only open their licence when a medical is due.