Sorry, been away from the forum for a bit as away with work.
My experience - I was led to believe that the exemption was pretty much going to be a given. Send the form away, pay your money, get your paperwork
There's nothing really that tells you HOW you should be filling in the form though...
Urgent operational need? Well, I just went with 'I have my skills test next week'
How will safety not be affected? 'The 12 hours were all pre-solo. Since resuming the course in March I've soloed, demonstrated all parts of the syllabus and been recommended for the test by my flying school'
And for luck I photocopied the pages of the logbook relating to the time I was claiming
Didn't have any issues.
Yep, I agree that the £53 was high, but in context with the £160 examiner fee, £300 152 hire and £168 application fee for the licence then it didn't seem too bad
Now if you want to talk about a real scandal...
I passed the test on August bank holiday Monday, applied online for the licence the next morning, attached all supporting documents...
... and I'm still waiting for my licence. 35 working days and counting...