When I saw the error, I informed the relevant person at the CAA. However, he elected to include this CAA gold plating in the FEH.....
Who says it was an error and not what the CAA intended?
Why do you say it is it 'gold plating' if it is only a suggestion or a recommendation and not a requirement?
Both Standards Doc 21 and the FEH are guidance documents and have no status in law
Please quote
the law that says Examiners have to be certified by the UK CAA in order to conduct flight tests for UK National Licences or Ratings - but that they do not have to comply with the requirements or guidance promulgated by the UK CAA.
"Examiners are certified by the CAA ........... The privileges and requirements of Examiners are set out in EASA Part-FCL Subpart K"
Standards Doc 21 does not say that the privileges and requirements of CAA certified Examiners changes depending on which (National or EASA) Licence or Rating is being tested.
This would be a nonsense with different requirements being applied to an IR student/test candidate (for example) depending on whether they held only a UK National Licence or only a Part-FCL Licence.