SASless,
My view is that it seems right for the authorities to oversee things like this, but EASA itself ought to be better standardised. If you left it just to the operators, no doubt things would be even more variable.
QUOTE=SASless;10258359]Plod,
I seem to note some conflict between your first response and your second one.
From your second one....it would appear relying upon the authorities to handle these issues is fraught with peril.[/QUOTE]