I wonder if it was a fallout from the massive ruck that I had with them recently...... I had a load of PPL(A) applications refused from my students in Jerez because the forms were not signed. AENA Staff will not sign the forms, only stamp them. We had an exemption going back donkeys years that they did not need to be signed and then for some reason suddenly had everyone rejected.
I pointed out that it was not EASA compliant and that it was the UK gold plating as usual. To cut it short we had a big fight, it went round the houses before some "technical expert" in LTS ruled that we were quite correct and that we did not need the form signed or even need the form. Next thing the form is withdrawn. Maybe just coincidence....