The removal of the Navigation Chart is probably down to ergonomics and cost. The CAA no longer has a stock of charts, and nobody retains out of date charts, they are destroyed to avoid payment of OS licensing charges. In the absence of any training analysis, who is to say what is relevant? The EASA syllabus is so vague it quantifies nothing!
The quality of the new PPL exams is not much different from the quality of the new professional exams which are also produced by people with no relevant experience.
