What is of concern to me, amongst many things EASA, is the way in which Cat A engineers are given more and more approvals stretching the boundaries of their privileges, not so noticeable in the UK but on mainland Europe some operators are taking the mick. Back in the early days of JAR66 the ALAE along with AEI reluctantly accepted the idea of a Cat A as a compromise, if they hadn't the licence was gone and it would be Company Approvals only. We need to challenge the Cat A privileges issue where ever we see it going wrong in our workplaces. I think the Cat A is not such a bad thing so long as it is kept under control, most of the Cat A's at my Company are studying for their B licences and the Cat A experience they are getting is doing no harm.