Dylan Smith wrote:

authorities with which I have dealt in the past (Irish, British,
Swiss and French -- guess which is the worst by a long shot?)

The British CAA of course. CAA stands for 'Campaign against aviation'.
They habitually implement EU directives in the most restrictive manner
they can think of.


actually, out of the four with which I dealt with, the British
CAA is pretty good; annoying I grant you, bloody expensive (there
is a fee for about everything), but by a long shot not as bad as the
other three; remember, it's in UK that you have things like PFA (a
bit what sport pilot is supposed to be), the 'IMC' rating (a 'poor
man' IFR rating) and self regulated gliding...

--Sylvain