The passage that Pace refers to is not an EU regulation but an AMC (Acceptable Means of Compliance). An AMC is basically a way to comply with the rule in practise which EASA thinks is ok. That doesn't say that it can't be done in other ways but in that case it's up to you to convince the relevant authority (the UK CAA in this case).
Has someone in the UK asked the CAA for their position?
Last edited by AirborneAgain; 2nd March 2014 at 11:48.