Being a bit disingenuous, are you not.
If candidates could do the test here, as per the US ( in a light twin) or under the slightly more onerous NZ rules, this thread would not exist.
Not at all. If I may, I said '
CASA will not remove the requirement for a flight test to gain an ATPL, and in all honesty, I don't think they need to'. I don't have an issue with having to undergo a test to be able to hold a higher licence level. I just think that the rules that CASA have introduced have gone too far the other way, and they are having a negative effect on pilots such as myself who would like to progress their career but may not have $30k lying around to meet the excessive testing requirement as they currently stand.