MD said:
"Two comments: first, as flower mentioned, the CAA do produce pre-folded paper (non-laminated) charts. Second, the US charts are only valid for three months, while the CAA charts are valid for a whole year. Four times $8 is $32, or £20, so US pilots are actually paying more for their paper charts than the UK pilot pays for a laminated one."
FAA IFR stuff is revised every 3 months, but the VFR sectionals are revised every six months (unless it has been changed VERY recently).
Sorry to be picky ;-)
FTD