Thanks FBM - you pipped me to it...
how can one be sure to be updated when things change?
That's less obvious. Forums like these and others are useful. As are flying clubs, noticeboards, flying schools, magazines, GASCO etc.
I believe you can also subscribe to a service from the CAA to receive updates, but you may find yourself swamped with stuff which is irrelevant and consequently miss out on the stuff which does matter to you.
Which then triggers the discussion on how your currency (or lack of) on the rules may affect your license status (and actual airmanship...) when all you have to do is 1 hour every 24 months, without any instruction/update/testing...
Intrigued by this: Do I read this that we have to file a FP when leaving for a night cross country or have I missed an exemption somewhere?
A 'proper' FP is not required:
This can either be a ‘paper’ plan, an AFPEX plan or an abbreviated plan (‘booking out’).
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