slw29, probably about a year from now, given the number of higher priority near-term projects with which the CAA's depleted workforce are currently having to deal.
Level Attitude, I had a very successful discussion with the CAA a week or so ago concerning all this - it took a while for their penny to drop but they do now see the requirements more clearly.
I suspect that delays will come from:
- Formulating the exams and deciding whether they may be taken at an ATO.
- A decision regarding whether any IRE other than a CAA Staff Examiner may conduct the C-bM IR Skill Test.