RE Hungarians
We have a few Hungarians(2 or 3) working for RYR. The problem is that a Hungarian license is not JAA approved. The Hungarian authority keeps failing audits allegedly so its not a 'pilot' issue. A Hungarian license holder requires a validation from the IAA. This is based on experience etc so it would not be issued for low time pilots. The recent Malev collapse has provided RYR with a number of DEC pilots again all will be validations. If you are a DEC the a validation is no problem regardless of nationality every one else IE low time must enter through the cadet scheme and that requires a JAA license. Hope this answers your query !