The regulator's updated licensing guidance landed this week — eighty-plus pages, of which a handful of points actually change day-to-day practice for working operators.
First, the renewal window: applications can now be submitted earlier, and the guidance is explicit that operators should not allow a licence to lapse while a renewal is pending. Second, the training-currency requirements tighten for certain endorsement categories, with refresher evidence now expected at renewal rather than on request. Third, record-keeping expectations for deployed operators are spelled out in more detail, particularly around incident documentation.
None of this is dramatic, but the renewal-window change in particular rewards operators who diarise early. The full guidance is linked in sources; the three points above are the ones to action.
