Sir - Mr Payton's letter "Delaying JAR-FCL is not feasible" (Flight International, 15-21 January, P44) leads one to believe that the new licensing system is agreed and that it merely requires conformity by a certain date.
The 26 member states of the European Joint Aviation Authorities have yet to agree on many points, some basic (written examinations, for example). The UK Civil Aviation Authority is trying to comply with proposals, as clearly demonstrated by the constant slippage of the implementation date. Few of the member states have done anything, so why does the UK's CAA go ahead?
The impression is that it is introducing changes which it wishes to make itself.
M M JENKINS
Thetford, Norfolk, UK
Source: Flight International