Originally Posted by
paco
"I should think the FAA will admire an EASA licence as our standards are also v high"
Actually, the FAA (and Canadian) systems are superior. It amazes me how the Europeans look down on them.
Agreed, and I have all three - FAA, Canadian, EASA.
The data does not back up the idea that the EASA system is superior either, as the FAA airlines do have a better safety rate than their European counterparts. FAA airlines have an 11 year (2008 - 2018) average accident rate of 2.579 per million departures, whereas EASA airlines are showing a 3.039 rate over the same time frame (source - ICAO accident statistics: commercial operations, aircraft weight greater than 5.7 tons). EASA beat the FAA only in the year 2017 over the 11 year time frame.
I like many aspects of the EASA system, but I do think many EASA pilots get bogged down in the minute details instead of focusing on the big picture first, and I think that is caused by the foundations laid during the training.