One can’t entirely blame the CAA for this. They are trying to make sense of an even bigger mess that EASA has made of flight crew licensing across the whole of Europe.

As far as fees are concerned, it is a long-time known fact that the CAA, uniquely as a safety/licensing body, is required by the Department for Transport to show a six percent profit on its turnover!!

If you’ve got a beef with that, contact the Minister responsible, Justine (I don’t want another Heathrow runway in my constituency) Greening!